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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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Antwerp Leads in Fight with Undisclosed Synth'cs
Antwerp: During a well-attended, two-hour information session organized by the Federation of Belgian Diamond Bourses in collaboration with the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), the Federation informed the Bourses’ members yesterday that starting January 1, 2017, the four Antwerp Diamond Bourses will be among the first to actively enforce the guidelines defined by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB)

Futures Trading of Diamonds Allowed in India
New Delhi: The Indian Government has finally given nod to futures trading of diamonds. According to a notification published by the Ministry of Finance on 27th September, 2016 in the official Gazette of India, the Central Government in consultation with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has permitted the regulatory authority to go ahead and initiate the listing of

CIBJO Gemmological Commission's Special Report
Milan: With four weeks to go to the opening of the 2016 CIBJO Congress in Yerevan, Armenia, on October 26, 2016, the sixth of the CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Gemmological Commission, headed by Hanco Zwaan, the report considers the need for clearer coloured gemstone laboratory standards, both in the way results are obtained

CAR Set to Increase Diamond Exports
Dubai: The Kimberley Process (KP) declared three new ‘compliant zones’ in the Central African Republic, meaning diamond exports from those regions can resume after a suspension of more than two years. The KP’s monitoring team approved shipments from the sub-prefectures of Boda, Carnot and Nola in the west of the country on September 19, the KP announced. CAR was re-admitted

Antwerp Leads in Fight with Undisclosed Synth'cs
Antwerp: During a well-attended, two-hour information session organized by the Federation of Belgian Diamond Bourses in collaboration with the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), the Federation informed the Bourses’ members yesterday that starting January 1, 2017, the four Antwerp Diamond Bourses will be among the first to actively enforce the guidelines defined by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB)

Futures Trading of Diamonds Allowed in India
New Delhi: The Indian Government has finally given nod to futures trading of diamonds. According to a notification published by the Ministry of Finance on 27th September, 2016 in the official Gazette of India, the Central Government in consultation with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has permitted the regulatory authority to go ahead and initiate the listing of

CIBJO Gemmological Commission's Special Report
Milan: With four weeks to go to the opening of the 2016 CIBJO Congress in Yerevan, Armenia, on October 26, 2016, the sixth of the CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Gemmological Commission, headed by Hanco Zwaan, the report considers the need for clearer coloured gemstone laboratory standards, both in the way results are obtained

CAR Set to Increase Diamond Exports
Dubai: The Kimberley Process (KP) declared three new ‘compliant zones’ in the Central African Republic, meaning diamond exports from those regions can resume after a suspension of more than two years. The KP’s monitoring team approved shipments from the sub-prefectures of Boda, Carnot and Nola in the west of the country on September 19, the KP announced. CAR was re-admitted