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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G&J Industry May Take a Year to Recover After GST

Mumbai: India’s gold jewellery industry may take at least 12 months to recover after implementation of goods and services tax (GST) since the organised segment in the industry comprises only 30 per cent of the trade. “Behavioural change is necessary in both the consumer and the trade and the inherent complexity of the supply chain will need to be factored

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ALROSA Revenue Fell 17% in Q1 2017

Moscow: ALROSA published its financial results on IFRS for the first quarter of 2017, and reported its revenue fell 17% year on year. ALROSA’s Q1 2017 revenue totalled RUB 84.8 bn, up 38% on the previous quarter and down 17% year on year. EBITDA totaled RUB 35.2 bn, with EBITDA margin totalled 42%. Net income totalled RUB 22.7 bn. Free

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Signet Jewellers Sales Down in 1st Fiscal Quarter

New York: Signet Jewellers said its first quarter total sales were $1,403.4 million, down $175.5 million or 11.1% compared with the first quarter last year, while same store sales decreased 11.5% compared to one year ago. The number of transactions decreased across all divisions due to declining brick and mortar store traffic. Merchandise categories and collections were broadly lower in

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ALROSA Unearths 60.32 Carat Diamond

Moscow: ALROSA said on Friday it had extracted a large diamond weighing 60.32 carats, which is priced by experts at about $ 174 500. The diamond, which is a transparent octahedron-shaped stone with a yellowish hue, was extracted at the Gornoye alluvial diamond field with a dredge of Concentrating Plant No. 3 belonging to the company’s Mirny Mining Division. This

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G&J Industry May Take a Year to Recover After GST

Mumbai: India’s gold jewellery industry may take at least 12 months to recover after implementation of goods and services tax (GST) since the organised segment in the industry comprises only 30 per cent of the trade. “Behavioural change is necessary in both the consumer and the trade and the inherent complexity of the supply chain will need to be factored

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ALROSA Revenue Fell 17% in Q1 2017

Moscow: ALROSA published its financial results on IFRS for the first quarter of 2017, and reported its revenue fell 17% year on year. ALROSA’s Q1 2017 revenue totalled RUB 84.8 bn, up 38% on the previous quarter and down 17% year on year. EBITDA totaled RUB 35.2 bn, with EBITDA margin totalled 42%. Net income totalled RUB 22.7 bn. Free

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Signet Jewellers Sales Down in 1st Fiscal Quarter

New York: Signet Jewellers said its first quarter total sales were $1,403.4 million, down $175.5 million or 11.1% compared with the first quarter last year, while same store sales decreased 11.5% compared to one year ago. The number of transactions decreased across all divisions due to declining brick and mortar store traffic. Merchandise categories and collections were broadly lower in

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ALROSA Unearths 60.32 Carat Diamond

Moscow: ALROSA said on Friday it had extracted a large diamond weighing 60.32 carats, which is priced by experts at about $ 174 500. The diamond, which is a transparent octahedron-shaped stone with a yellowish hue, was extracted at the Gornoye alluvial diamond field with a dredge of Concentrating Plant No. 3 belonging to the company’s Mirny Mining Division. This

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