U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 13 points in pre-opening trade.Walt Disney advanced $8.19 to $99.99 after Bob Iger was renamed Chief Executive Offices effective immediately. JM Smucker gained $1.60 to $146.14 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter revenues and earnings. The company also raised guidance for the current fiscal year...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has updated its Assure 2.0 portal, which objectively assesses the relative performance of diamond verification instruments (DVI).It provides fact sheets, a list of features, performance tests and independent lab test results for a wide range of DVIs, used to check that diamonds are natural.The first generation of the Assure program was launched in...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to sell a stolen 9.46-carat diamond ring to a jewelry store in Georgia, USA.Staff say they've been able to return the ring to its rightful owner, a 90-year-old woman.They were offered the $95,000 piece noticed the name and address he gave didn't match those on the certificate. They called the police and kept him talking.In a Fa...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Tiffany & Co. has announced a raft of measures aimed at achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It says that by 2030 emissions from its own stores, distribution centers, manufacturing and offices should be down 70 per cent and from its supply chain by 40 per cent. By 2040 is should reach net-zero. Total emissions should be down by 90 per cent, with high-quality carbo...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 33 points in pre-opening trade.Today is the last trade date for November index and stock options and futures. Volume is expected to be higher than average. Gap Stores $GPS advanced $1.20 to $13.91 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal third quarter revenues. Palo Alto Networks $PANW jumped $8.88 to $165.44 after...Read More
(Corrects paragraph 4 to say Rio Tinto raised its offer twiceto C$43, not thrice to C$45. The error also appeared in the previous update of the story) By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto Ltd said on Friday it would plough ahead with a $3.3 billion bid tobuy the 49% of Canada's Turquoise Hill Resources thatit does not already own, after it ended separate talks withdissenting...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A security guard at a jewelry store was shot dead yesterday during a heist at a shopping mall in Illinois, USA.Surveillance video shows three raiders step round the 57-year-old man as he laying bleeding on the floor.Police officers who happened to be on a training exercise at the mall property gave him CPR but he died hours later in hospital.The crime happened at River Oaks Center...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lucara has extended its "groundbreaking partnership" with HB Antwerp to sell its specials (+10.8-cts) for the next 10 years.The Canadian miner first joined forces with HB in July 2020 to sell the high-value rough from its Karowe mine, in Botswana (pictured).Under the agreement, Lucara's +10.8 carat production is sold at prices based on the estimated polished outcome of each di...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 26 points at 7:30 AM EST.U.S. equity index futures were waiting for economic news at 8:30 AM EST. October U.S. Housing Starts are expected to slip to 1.410 million units from 1.439 million units in September. November Philly Fed Index is expected to improve to -8.2 from -8.7 in October. Nvidia gained $2.10 to $161.20...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Christie's is to auction another huge pink diamond, this time a 13.15-carat gem with a high estimate of $35m.It's just a week since it sold the 18.18-carat pear-shaped Fortune Pink for $28.8m (Estimate $25m to $35m) in Geneva.Next month the "magnificently" fancy vivid diamond, described as "VVS1 clarity, potentially internally flawless", will be offered for sale in New Yo...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Jeans company Wrangler is to auction a $40,000 one-off diamond-encrusted cowboy belt buckle for good causes.It was created with 75 diamonds - total weight 6.34 carats - to mark its 75th anniversary, together with yellow gold, blue topaz and sterling silver accents. All proceeds will go to the independent non-profit organizations Western Sports Foundation and Lead Changes...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The 170.2-carat Lulo Rose, believed to be the largest pink diamond found in the last 300 years, has been sold at tender.The price paid for the stone, named after the alluvial mine in Angola where it was recovered, was not disclosed.But it was among seven specials from the same mine that realized a total of $20.4m, according to Sodiam, Angola's national diamond trading company....Read More
(IDEX Online) - De Beers today reported sales of $450m at its latest cycle, in line with an expected lull due to Diwali. That figure, for Cycle 9, is down from $508m at Cycle 8 and $638m at Cycle 7, but is broadly in line with the same sales period last year ($438m).CEO Bruce Cleaver, CEO, De Beers Group, said: "We saw good demand for our rough diamonds during Cycle 9 with sales reflect...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures improved slightly following release of the October U.S. Retail Sales report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.8%. Actual was an increase of 1.3%. Excluding auto sales, October Retail Sales was expected to increase 0.4% versus a gain of 0.1% in September. Actual...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lab grown manufacturers in Surat are to get a tax break after the state government announced they would no longer have to pay duty of up to 15 per cent on their electricity bills.It represents a significant saving in a sector where energy accounts for almost 70 per cent of expenditure.The move follows an announcement by the State Bank of India (SBI) in August that it would start le...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Prices of fancy color diamonds rose by one per cent in the last quarter - compared with a 6.7 per cent slide for white diamonds in the same period.The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FRCF) today said average prices across all color categories had risen, although there were some price drops among particular size and intensity combinations.Yellows were up 1.4 per cent in Q3 2022, fo...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Two cases of attempted frauds involving synthetic moissanite are highlighted in the GIA's latest quarterly journal Gems & Gemology.In one case a 7.42-ct rough stone, presented to its New York lab, had been carved into an octahedron, with stepped edges and coarse textures deliberately chosen to imitate the appearance of a natural diamond.In the other, what appeared to be a...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A couple celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary found a 1.9-carat brown diamond.Seth and Jessica Erickson were visiting the Crater of Diamonds State Park, near Murfreesboro, in Arkansas, USA, which charges day trippers $10 a day to sift the soil - and lets them keep any gems they find.They found the diamond after an hour of "wet sifting" - using a pair of meshed screens to chec...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A teenager collected a jacket from his school's clothing donation program . . . and found two diamond rings, two Gucci watches and an emerald bracelet inside a pocket.Luke Coelho, 17, from Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, set about tracing the rightful owner. Thankfully the jacket bore the name Dave and the logo of a uniform services company.They were the clues that allowed Luke...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 77 points in pre-opening trade.Equity index futures moved higher following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. October Producer Price Index was expected to increase 0.4% versus a gain of 0.4% in September. Actual was an increase of 0.2% On a year-over-year basis October PPI was expected to increase 8.3% versus 8.5...Read More