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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
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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India’s Gold Imports Lowest Since 2003
Mumbai: With the government giving a push to digital transactions following demonetisation and discouraging the purchase of assets using cash, some trends expected to change the gold business have been identified, reports Business Standard. The immediate impact of demonetisation has been on gold demand, which went up sharply after the withdrawal of the 500- and 1000-rupee notes on November 8.
Indian Banks Slash Rates as New Year Gift
Mumbai: The country’s largest bank State Bank of India (SBI) announced a steep interest rate cut in several years on Sunday, by reducing its marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by 90 basis points (bps) across all maturities. With this cut, SBI has passed on benefit of 200 bps since January 2015 to customers, which is more than
BIS Revises Jewellery Hallmarking Standards
Mumbai: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has announced that from January 1, 2017, all hallmarked gold jewellery will have gold caratage stated on the piece in addition to the fineness of the metal which is currently marked. As per the revised standards that have been announced by the official agency, Hallmarked Gold jewellery will now be available in three
Israel Gives Diamond Trade Time to Come Clean
Ramat Gan: Diamond companies in Israel have been granted another two months to voluntarily disclose their assets, inventory and unreported income to the Tax Authority, reports Rapaport. Firms have until the end of February to submit the full report of disclosures, as long as they declared their intention to do so by December 29, the Israel Diamond Exchange and Israel
India’s Gold Imports Lowest Since 2003
Mumbai: With the government giving a push to digital transactions following demonetisation and discouraging the purchase of assets using cash, some trends expected to change the gold business have been identified, reports Business Standard. The immediate impact of demonetisation has been on gold demand, which went up sharply after the withdrawal of the 500- and 1000-rupee notes on November 8.
Indian Banks Slash Rates as New Year Gift
Mumbai: The country’s largest bank State Bank of India (SBI) announced a steep interest rate cut in several years on Sunday, by reducing its marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by 90 basis points (bps) across all maturities. With this cut, SBI has passed on benefit of 200 bps since January 2015 to customers, which is more than
BIS Revises Jewellery Hallmarking Standards
Mumbai: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has announced that from January 1, 2017, all hallmarked gold jewellery will have gold caratage stated on the piece in addition to the fineness of the metal which is currently marked. As per the revised standards that have been announced by the official agency, Hallmarked Gold jewellery will now be available in three
Israel Gives Diamond Trade Time to Come Clean
Ramat Gan: Diamond companies in Israel have been granted another two months to voluntarily disclose their assets, inventory and unreported income to the Tax Authority, reports Rapaport. Firms have until the end of February to submit the full report of disclosures, as long as they declared their intention to do so by December 29, the Israel Diamond Exchange and Israel
