Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself

Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger

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Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself

Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger

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Tanishq offers free gold coin on Gudi Padwa

Mumbai: Tanishq, India’s jewellery brand has announced to bring in the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa. Customers can avail 0.2 grams gold coin free with every purchase of 10 grams of gold jewellery and with every purchase of diamond jewellery worth Rs.10,000 from 17th to 18th March 2018. Customers can celebrate this occasion by taking home prosperity and happiness with

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WFDB Debates Issues at Idar-Oberstein Meeting

Antwerp: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) held an Executive Committee Meeting in Idar-Oberstein yesterday, discussing a wide variety of subjects including the World Diamond Council’s proposed changes to its System of Warranties (SoW), nomenclature issues, Know Your Client, the proposed inclusion of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association into the WFDB, finance and the situation in India in the

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Post-scam, RBI Stops Issue of LoUs

Mumbai: In a remedial action to the Nirav-Modi led Punjab National Bank fraud, now worth Rs 13,640 crore, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has discontinued use of LoUs or Letters of Undertaking and Letters of Comfort as trade credits. “On a review of the extant guidelines, it has been decided to discontinue the practice of issuance of LoUs/ LoCs

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910ct. Lesotho Diamond Sold for $40M

Antwerp: Gem Diamonds has sold the Lesotho Legend, the 910-carat stone it unearthed at its Letšeng mine in January, for $40 million, the company said Tuesday. The miner claims the D color, type IIa stone — which it sold at tender in Antwerp to Samir Gems — is the fifth-largest gem-quality diamond ever recovered. “We are delighted with the outcome

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Tanishq offers free gold coin on Gudi Padwa

Mumbai: Tanishq, India’s jewellery brand has announced to bring in the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa. Customers can avail 0.2 grams gold coin free with every purchase of 10 grams of gold jewellery and with every purchase of diamond jewellery worth Rs.10,000 from 17th to 18th March 2018. Customers can celebrate this occasion by taking home prosperity and happiness with

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WFDB Debates Issues at Idar-Oberstein Meeting

Antwerp: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) held an Executive Committee Meeting in Idar-Oberstein yesterday, discussing a wide variety of subjects including the World Diamond Council’s proposed changes to its System of Warranties (SoW), nomenclature issues, Know Your Client, the proposed inclusion of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association into the WFDB, finance and the situation in India in the

Read More »

Post-scam, RBI Stops Issue of LoUs

Mumbai: In a remedial action to the Nirav-Modi led Punjab National Bank fraud, now worth Rs 13,640 crore, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has discontinued use of LoUs or Letters of Undertaking and Letters of Comfort as trade credits. “On a review of the extant guidelines, it has been decided to discontinue the practice of issuance of LoUs/ LoCs

Read More »

910ct. Lesotho Diamond Sold for $40M

Antwerp: Gem Diamonds has sold the Lesotho Legend, the 910-carat stone it unearthed at its Letšeng mine in January, for $40 million, the company said Tuesday. The miner claims the D color, type IIa stone — which it sold at tender in Antwerp to Samir Gems — is the fifth-largest gem-quality diamond ever recovered. “We are delighted with the outcome

Read More »

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