This week in the trade
19–25 October 2026
Precious metals over the week, the currencies the trade uses, headlines from the trade press, what was new on JewelLoop and the fairs ahead.
Precious metals
Gold
-4.06% week- Close
- 3,996.90
- High
- 4,186.00
- Low
- 3,995.00
Last 7 days
Silver
-5.38% week- Close
- 54.05
- High
- 58.47
- Low
- 53.74
Last 7 days
Platinum
-4.77% week- Close
- 1,558.00
- High
- 1,665.00
- Low
- 1,557.00
Last 7 days
Palladium
-6.16% week- Close
- 1,066.00
- High
- 1,157.00
- Low
- 1,066.00
Last 7 days
USD per troy ounce, world spot (gold-api.com). The change compares the first and the last price of the week.
One US dollar buys
- 0.8911 EUR+0.14%
- 0.7469 GBP-0.46%
- 0.8231 CHF-0.21%
- 94.8100 INR-0.05%
- 6.6665 CNY-0.18%
- 7.8474 HKD-0.09%
- 33.7230 THB+0.67%
Central bank reference rates (Frankfurter), change over the week.
From the trade press
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Press Release: AGTA Announces the 2026 AGTA Spectrum & Cutting Edge Award Winners
AGTA ·
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Luk Fook Revenue Rises as Diamond-Jewelry Demand Improves
Rapaport ·
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India’s GJEPC presides over start of building of India Jewellery Park Mumbai
Jewellery Outlook ·
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91ct. Starlight Diamond Necklace to Headline Christie’s Shanghai
Rapaport ·
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Cartier Exhibition Attracts More Than 263,000 Visitors to NGV
Jewellery World ·
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Gemworld Munich offers myriad of coloured gemstones
Jewellery Outlook ·
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Vhernier opens new Mayfair boutique
Jewellery Focus ·
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Gemmology Rocks opens pre-orders for Gemstone Advent Calendar
Jewellery Focus ·
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A Penny for De Beers
The Diamond Press ·
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IGI Acquires AGL for $13.2 Million
Italian Gemological Review ·
Headlines from trade publications' public feeds, at most two from any one publication. Links open the original article; JewelLoop does not edit or endorse them.
New on JewelLoop
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Guide
Lab-grown diamonds: what you must call them, country by country (2026)
The words you may and may not use for laboratory-grown diamonds in the US, UK, EU, France, Belgium, India, Russia and China, with the 2025 and 2026 changes: India's new standard, Russia's "synthetic" rule, GIA's new reports and CIBJO's vote.
Fairs in the next five weeks
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27–29 Oct 2026
Jewellery, Gem & Technology Dubai (JGTD)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Add to calendar
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28–30 Oct 2026
International Jewellery Tokyo Autumn (IJT Autumn)
Yokohama, Japan · Add to calendar
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24–28 Nov 2026
Manama, Bahrain · Add to calendar