Two Central Banks, Two Signals: Why the NFP Shock Hit Silver Harder Than Gold

Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 5 belonged to two central banks and one labour number. On Friday June 5, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee held the repo rate at 5.25% for the third consecutive meeting, voting unanimously, and raised the FY27 inflation projection by 50 basis points to 5.1%. Hours later, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released a May nonfarm payrolls print of 172,000 jobs, roughly double the consensus expectation of approximately 85,000. The number

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Two Central Banks, Two Signals: Why the NFP Shock Hit Silver Harder Than Gold

Macro Snapshot: The week ending June 5 belonged to two central banks and one labour number. On Friday June 5, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee held the repo rate at 5.25% for the third consecutive meeting, voting unanimously, and raised the FY27 inflation projection by 50 basis points to 5.1%. Hours later, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released a May nonfarm payrolls print of 172,000 jobs, roughly double the consensus expectation of approximately 85,000. The number

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IDE’s Rough Allocation for Young Mfrs. Takes Off

Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange’s program, in cooperation with Panford (Israel) Ltd., to offer a special allocation of rough diamonds for young diamantaires was officially launched yesterday. The program, which was originally announced in September 2014 at the initiative of Yoram Dvash, then head of the IDE Industry Committee, makes available small parcels of De Beers rough from first

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Rajesh Exports Achieves Strong Results

Mumbai: Rajesh Exports reported strong fourth quarter [ended March] and full year FY2016 financial results where both revenues and earnings easily outpaced our estimates, according to a communication issued by ‘Evaluate Research’. On a quarterly basis, revenue and EPS surpassed our estimates by 2% and 24%, respectively. Moreover, the company’s annual figure also exceeded our revenue and EPS projection by

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Pure Value Guarantee Program by PGD

Las Vegas: Pure Grown Diamonds (PGD), the leading distributor of Lab-Grown Diamonds announced the Pure Value Guarantee Program for all its customers. The program is aimed at assuring our retailers that they can buy Pure Grown Diamonds with confidence, and offer the same value proposition that they would with a mined Diamond to all their customers. You can sell a

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De Beers Auction Starts US Viewings

New York: De Beers recently announced that its Auction Sales business will conduct viewings of Exceptional and Special Stones at the International Institute of Diamond Valuation (IIDV) offices in New York, ahead of its Cycle 6 auctions. This will be the first time that De Beers’ Auction Sales business conducts viewings in the US, the group said. The viewings will

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IDE’s Rough Allocation for Young Mfrs. Takes Off

Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange’s program, in cooperation with Panford (Israel) Ltd., to offer a special allocation of rough diamonds for young diamantaires was officially launched yesterday. The program, which was originally announced in September 2014 at the initiative of Yoram Dvash, then head of the IDE Industry Committee, makes available small parcels of De Beers rough from first

Read More »

Rajesh Exports Achieves Strong Results

Mumbai: Rajesh Exports reported strong fourth quarter [ended March] and full year FY2016 financial results where both revenues and earnings easily outpaced our estimates, according to a communication issued by ‘Evaluate Research’. On a quarterly basis, revenue and EPS surpassed our estimates by 2% and 24%, respectively. Moreover, the company’s annual figure also exceeded our revenue and EPS projection by

Read More »

Pure Value Guarantee Program by PGD

Las Vegas: Pure Grown Diamonds (PGD), the leading distributor of Lab-Grown Diamonds announced the Pure Value Guarantee Program for all its customers. The program is aimed at assuring our retailers that they can buy Pure Grown Diamonds with confidence, and offer the same value proposition that they would with a mined Diamond to all their customers. You can sell a

Read More »

De Beers Auction Starts US Viewings

New York: De Beers recently announced that its Auction Sales business will conduct viewings of Exceptional and Special Stones at the International Institute of Diamond Valuation (IIDV) offices in New York, ahead of its Cycle 6 auctions. This will be the first time that De Beers’ Auction Sales business conducts viewings in the US, the group said. The viewings will

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