(IDEX Online) - Gemfields say it set a record with sales totaling $43.7m from its Kagem mine, in Zambia.The UK-based colored gems miner says it sold all 35 lots offered, comprising 264,000 carats of higher quality rough, at a series of five auctions, with viewings in Bangkok and bids made online by sealed bids.The June auctions were the highest grossing since the Kagem mine opened in 2009 and narr...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points at 8:30 AM EDT.Raytheon Technologies added $0.25 to $96.00 after winning a $2.02 billion contract from the U.S. Navy.Spotify gained $5.13 to $156.87 after announcing plans to cut costs by lowering employee count.Ciena added $1.12 to $49.25 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal second quarter revenues a...Read More
(Updates prices, adds trader comment in paragraph 2) By Pratima Desai LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Copper prices came underpressure on Monday from worries about demand, particularly intop consumer China, and a stronger dollar which makes metalspriced in the U.S. currency more expensive for holders ofothers. However, copper recovered after the New York open as thedollar retreated in afternoon trade...Read More
* Extended industrial demand slowdown could hurt silver-Heraeus * Global shares muted, oil gains on Saudi pledge to cutoutput * Platinum, palladium eke out gains (Updates prices) By Seher Dareen June 5 (Reuters) - Gold slipped on Monday as the dollarfirmed after strong U.S. payrolls data last week, offsettingsome of the support for zero-yield bullion from bets that theFederal Reserve may...Read More
(IDEX Online) - US watch and jewelry sales fell yet again during April, by 7.1 per cent according to figures released by the US Department of Commerce. That's an improvement on the 8.8 per cent drop in March, but only a slight one. Year-on-year sales showed modest growth from May 2022, but dipped below zero in October 2022, where they have remained ever since (with the exception of an 0.8 per...Read More
(IDEX Online) - An Indian company says it has broken its own record for the world's biggest polished lab grown diamond, at 50.25 carats.Ethereal Green says it took eight months to grow the Type IIa crystal using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). It was then cut and and polished into an emerald-cut G color, VS2 clarity gem named Shiphra. The same company announced last month that it had gr...Read More
(IDEX Online) - An amateur diver was astonished to learn that the Rolex he bought for just $345.97 in 1974 could now sell for as much as $700,000 at auction.He fell to the ground when he was given the valuation on camera for the US edition of Antiques Roadshow.The unnamed guest said he bought the Oyster Cosmograph 6263 by mail order to use while Scuba diving, but decided instead to keep it in a sa...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Polished diamond prices were down yet again during May with the prospect of a global recession still looming large. The IDEX Polished Price Index, derived in real-time from actual global industry asking prices is now down just over 22 per cent on its peak in March 2022. It's been sliding ever since then. Last month it slipped by 1.27 per cent, down slightly from...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 2 points at 8:30 AM EDT.Crude oil added $1.88 to US73.59 per barrel after Saudi Arabia announced reduction of its oil production by one million barrels per day.Circor International jumped $15.53 to $47.20 after the company agreed to be acquired by KKR for $49.00 per share. The cash transaction is valued at $1.6 billion...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lightbox, the lab grown company launched by De Beers in 2018, says its diamonds have been certified as carbon neutral by the Carbon Trust.It uses 100% renewable wind energy to produce stones at its recently-built $94m facility near Portland, Oregon, USA.And it offsetts any remaining greenhouse gas emissions it produces through carbon certified offset projects supporting the expansi...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Billionaire Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has presented his fiancee Lauren Sanchez with a huge diamond engagement ring, estimated at up to 30 carats and valued at up to $5m, according to US media reports.Bezos, 59, proposed to his long-term girlfriend on his $500m superyacht the Koru during a Mediterranean vacation. Divorced Sanchez, 58, is a US media personality and former TV news anchor...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Tiffany & Co is offering plain white bags to customers, so they can conceal their purchases.The jeweler's newly re-opened flagship store on Fifth Avenue, New York, is responding to a steep increase in street crime.Other high-end retailers in the area, such as Hermes and Louis Vuitton, are doing likewise, according to the New York Post.Tiffany is famous for its trademark ro...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning following Senate approval last night on a new Debt Ceiling bill. S&P 500 futures were up 22 points at 8:35 AM EDT.S&P 500 futures added 3 points following release of the May Non-farm Payrolls report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a drop to 195,000 from 253,000 in April. Actual was an increase to 339,000. Consensus for May Unemployment Rate...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Signet remains by far the biggest-grossing jeweler in North America, according to National Jeweler magazine's annual State of the Majors report on $100m supersellers published yesterday.Total sales of watches and jewelry at its 2,854 outlets and online were $7.29bn during 2022 - more than double the revenue of second-placed Walmart ($3.38bn).Richemont, the Swiss luxury conglom...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds has sold half its stake in the Williamson mine, in Tanzania, for $15m.The UK-based miner said the sale to Taifa Mining, the country's largest mining contractor, would place the mine on "a stronger basis for the future".Williamson has been closed since the breach of a tailings dam last October, which released a five-mile river of gray sludge, damaging homes, farm...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Markets remain depressed, with further widespread losses among rounds, as the prospect of possible G7 sanctions on Russian diamonds looms, combined with a lull before the Vegas storm and disappointment that China's post-lockdown bounce-back hasn't happened. Fancies fared better, as has been the case in recent months.De Beers reported a 20 per cent drop in rough sales at c...Read More
S&P 500 futures were higher this morning following passage of the Debt Ceiling bill by the House of Representatives. S&P 500 futures were up 4 points at 8:30 AM EDT.Responses to quarterly reports released after the close yesterday generally were negative despite quarterly reports that were higher than consensus. Salesforce.com $CRM dropped $10.05 to $213.33. Crowd strike plunged $19.10 to...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Sir Gabriel "Gabi" Tolkowsky, the legendary master diamond cutter and innovator, has died at the aged of 84.He will be remembered for a catalog of remarkable achievements during a career spanning seven decades.He created the Tolkowsky round brilliant diamond cut that has set the global standard for quality diamond cutting.And he headed the team that the 273.85-carat Centenary Diamo...Read More
(IDEX Online) - De Beers has taken another step towards its own bricks and mortar sales of its lab grown diamonds with the opening of a short-term Lightbox "concept store" in New York.The online retailer announced last October that it was planning to open permanent, physical stores from 2024, in addition to its e-commerce offering.Lightbox's store occupies a 250sq ft space and is one of 20 re...Read More
U.S. equity index futures moved lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 20 points at 8:30 AM EDT.The Canadian Dollar added 0.04 to US73.31 cents at 8:35 AM ED T following release of Canada's March GDP report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a decline of 0.1% versus a gain of 0.1% in February. Actual was unchanged.July WTI Crude oil dropped $2.32 to $67.17 prior to the OPEC + meeting this we...Read More