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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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India’s G&J Exports Declined by 3.46% in 2015-16
Exports of cut and polished diamonds in FY16 falls 13.66% G&J exports account for 14.78% of the country’s total exports in FY16 Net imports of rough diamonds drops 16.17% to USD 14,047.81 mn Gold jewellery exports drops 13.07% to USD 8,609.25 mn Colored Gemstones exports drops 4.43% to USD 433.18 mn Mumbai: India’s Exports of gems and jewellery dropped 3.46%
US Fed Keeps Interest Rates on Hold
Washington: The US Federal Reserve has kept interest rates between 0.25% and 0.5%, the rate it has held since December. The Fed said while conditions have improved, the central bank is still waiting for inflation to reach 2%. In its statement the Fed said it would “carefully monitor actual and expected progress toward its inflation goal” as it weighed when
Petra CEO Skeptical About Market Recovery
London: Fresh off the heels of a promising Q1 2016 production and trading update announcing a 26% increase in production and 25% rise in revenues, Petra Diamonds’ CEO Johan Dippenaar has joined other mining executives in warning that it’s still too early to tell if the industry’s rebound from the worst year since the financial crisis will last, writes Thomas
Moscow Exchange to Start Trading in Diamonds
Moscow: Russia’s biggest diamond company, ALROSA, and the Moscow Exchange are developing a project to establish trading in investment diamonds and futures (a form of contract that sets the timeframe and price for selling a commodity). The head of the Moscow Exchange commodities department, Mikhail Orlenko, believes that the project may be of interest both to private investors, who will
India’s G&J Exports Declined by 3.46% in 2015-16
Exports of cut and polished diamonds in FY16 falls 13.66% G&J exports account for 14.78% of the country’s total exports in FY16 Net imports of rough diamonds drops 16.17% to USD 14,047.81 mn Gold jewellery exports drops 13.07% to USD 8,609.25 mn Colored Gemstones exports drops 4.43% to USD 433.18 mn Mumbai: India’s Exports of gems and jewellery dropped 3.46%
US Fed Keeps Interest Rates on Hold
Washington: The US Federal Reserve has kept interest rates between 0.25% and 0.5%, the rate it has held since December. The Fed said while conditions have improved, the central bank is still waiting for inflation to reach 2%. In its statement the Fed said it would “carefully monitor actual and expected progress toward its inflation goal” as it weighed when
Petra CEO Skeptical About Market Recovery
London: Fresh off the heels of a promising Q1 2016 production and trading update announcing a 26% increase in production and 25% rise in revenues, Petra Diamonds’ CEO Johan Dippenaar has joined other mining executives in warning that it’s still too early to tell if the industry’s rebound from the worst year since the financial crisis will last, writes Thomas
Moscow Exchange to Start Trading in Diamonds
Moscow: Russia’s biggest diamond company, ALROSA, and the Moscow Exchange are developing a project to establish trading in investment diamonds and futures (a form of contract that sets the timeframe and price for selling a commodity). The head of the Moscow Exchange commodities department, Mikhail Orlenko, believes that the project may be of interest both to private investors, who will
