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The 200-Day Test: Where the Bull Case for Gold and Silver Goes on Trial
Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 26 extended the precious metals selloff to a fifth consecutive week and pushed both gold and silver into the most important long-term technical zone of the broader uptrend: the 200-day exponential moving average. Three macro forces drove the decline, and they did so simultaneously. First, the US-Iran 60-day peace roadmap, formally signed in Switzerland on June 17, continued to remove the geopolitical risk premium that had supported the metals since the February conflict began.

The 200-Day Test: Where the Bull Case for Gold and Silver Goes on Trial
Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 26 extended the precious metals selloff to a fifth consecutive week and pushed both gold and silver into the most important long-term technical zone of the broader uptrend: the 200-day exponential moving average. Three macro forces drove the decline, and they did so simultaneously. First, the US-Iran 60-day peace roadmap, formally signed in Switzerland on June 17, continued to remove the geopolitical risk premium that had supported the metals since the February conflict began.
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ALROSA Started to Sell 10.9%
Moscow: On Wednesday, Sberbank CIB and VTB Capital (coordinators of the transaction to float the diamond miner’s state-owned shares) opened an order book for purchasing 802,780,000 shares in ALROSA (10.9% of the state-held stock) after yesterday’s trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange closed, according to the company’s report released on the Exchange. Thus, ALROSA became the first company with state

Chow Tai Fook Among Top 10 Luxury Goods Cos.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd is still among the world’s top 10 luxury goods companies, earning US$8.29 billion in revenues in financial year 2014, data from the 2016 Global Powers of Luxury Goods report showed. The report, released by global business consultancy firm Deloitte, examined the 100 largest luxury goods companies globally based on the

Russia Overtakes Botswana as Rough Producer
Moscow: Russia extended its lead over Botswana as the world’s largest rough diamond producer, according to data released by the Kimberley Process (KP). Russia’s output leaped 9.4 percent to 41.9 million carats worth $4.24 billion last year while that of Botswana eased 16 percent to 20.8 million carats valued at to $2.99 billion. Diamonds from the southern African nation recorded

“HRD Antwerp Certified" Flagship Store in Paris
Paris: In the presence of the Belgian Ambassador in France, H.E. Vincent Mertens de Wilmars and Peter Macken, CEO HRD Antwerp, HRD Antwerp’s first flagship store was inaugurated on 23 June 2016 in Paris. An exclusive partnership between HRD Antwerp, Europe’s leading authority in diamond certification and selected retailers. The “flagship” designation is liberally applied to stores in prestigious locations,

ALROSA Started to Sell 10.9%
Moscow: On Wednesday, Sberbank CIB and VTB Capital (coordinators of the transaction to float the diamond miner’s state-owned shares) opened an order book for purchasing 802,780,000 shares in ALROSA (10.9% of the state-held stock) after yesterday’s trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange closed, according to the company’s report released on the Exchange. Thus, ALROSA became the first company with state

Chow Tai Fook Among Top 10 Luxury Goods Cos.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd is still among the world’s top 10 luxury goods companies, earning US$8.29 billion in revenues in financial year 2014, data from the 2016 Global Powers of Luxury Goods report showed. The report, released by global business consultancy firm Deloitte, examined the 100 largest luxury goods companies globally based on the

Russia Overtakes Botswana as Rough Producer
Moscow: Russia extended its lead over Botswana as the world’s largest rough diamond producer, according to data released by the Kimberley Process (KP). Russia’s output leaped 9.4 percent to 41.9 million carats worth $4.24 billion last year while that of Botswana eased 16 percent to 20.8 million carats valued at to $2.99 billion. Diamonds from the southern African nation recorded

“HRD Antwerp Certified" Flagship Store in Paris
Paris: In the presence of the Belgian Ambassador in France, H.E. Vincent Mertens de Wilmars and Peter Macken, CEO HRD Antwerp, HRD Antwerp’s first flagship store was inaugurated on 23 June 2016 in Paris. An exclusive partnership between HRD Antwerp, Europe’s leading authority in diamond certification and selected retailers. The “flagship” designation is liberally applied to stores in prestigious locations,