The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal

Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in

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The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal

Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in

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IDE Pres. Praises Sale of R2Net to Signet

Ramat Gan, Israel, August 25, 2017: Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) President Yoram Dvash praised the impending sale of R2Net, owner of online jewellery retailer James Allen, to Signet Jewellers. R2Net has important ties to the Israeli Diamond Industry. Originally founded by Israeli diamond trader Oded Edelman as a trading network for diamonds, it has become under the brands James Allen

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India’s Jewellery Exports Down 32% in July

Mumbai: India’s exports of gold jewellery, both studded and plain, during the month of July 2017 dropped by nearly 32% to $ 411.37 mn from $ 602.04 mn during July 2016. Overall exports from the gem and jewellery sector during July 2017 stood at $ 2.42 bn, a drop of 23.61% over the $ 3.17 bn exported in the same

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Surat Jail Trains Inmates in Cutting Polishing

Surat: The Surat district Jail authorities in association with a diamond firm, have started teaching cutting and polishing of rough diamonds to the prisoners. A diamond firm had installed two emery wheels in the jail where at present eight prisoners are learning cutting and polishing of diamonds. The step has been taken by the Jail superintendent H R Chaudhary, with

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Forevermark Presents Trends for 2017

Mumbai: Forevermark, the diamond brand from The De Beers Group of Companies, launched the Autumn-Winter trend collections 2017– Geo-Deco and Declaration. Inspired by fascinating patterns in nature, Geo-Deco focuses on geometrical elements at its core ¬– bringing balance, proportion and symmetry to create a harmonious whole. Shimmering lines of flowing diamonds, like sunrays, from a Forevermark solitaire diamond, add textural

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IDE Pres. Praises Sale of R2Net to Signet

Ramat Gan, Israel, August 25, 2017: Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) President Yoram Dvash praised the impending sale of R2Net, owner of online jewellery retailer James Allen, to Signet Jewellers. R2Net has important ties to the Israeli Diamond Industry. Originally founded by Israeli diamond trader Oded Edelman as a trading network for diamonds, it has become under the brands James Allen

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India’s Jewellery Exports Down 32% in July

Mumbai: India’s exports of gold jewellery, both studded and plain, during the month of July 2017 dropped by nearly 32% to $ 411.37 mn from $ 602.04 mn during July 2016. Overall exports from the gem and jewellery sector during July 2017 stood at $ 2.42 bn, a drop of 23.61% over the $ 3.17 bn exported in the same

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Surat Jail Trains Inmates in Cutting Polishing

Surat: The Surat district Jail authorities in association with a diamond firm, have started teaching cutting and polishing of rough diamonds to the prisoners. A diamond firm had installed two emery wheels in the jail where at present eight prisoners are learning cutting and polishing of diamonds. The step has been taken by the Jail superintendent H R Chaudhary, with

Read More »

Forevermark Presents Trends for 2017

Mumbai: Forevermark, the diamond brand from The De Beers Group of Companies, launched the Autumn-Winter trend collections 2017– Geo-Deco and Declaration. Inspired by fascinating patterns in nature, Geo-Deco focuses on geometrical elements at its core ¬– bringing balance, proportion and symmetry to create a harmonious whole. Shimmering lines of flowing diamonds, like sunrays, from a Forevermark solitaire diamond, add textural

Read More »

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