NEWS BRIEFING: 4 October 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring.

💰'Gold rises after cooler inflation data, but monthly decline looms'
30 September 2026, CNBC:
Bullion edged up on softer-than-expected US inflation figures on the last day of the quarter, but not by enough to stop September closing as a losing month for gold.
www.cnbc.com

💰'Gold prices have pulled back — but a Morgan Stanley strategist sees 3 key reasons to hold the precious metal'
30 September 2026, CNBC:
With gold well off its January high, a Morgan Stanley strategist makes the case that investors should keep their bullion allocation rather than sell into the pullback.
www.cnbc.com

💰'Botswana weighs bigger De Beers stake as due diligence on Anglo diamond sale winds up'
Brian Kenety, 30 September 2026, bne IntelliNews:
As Botswana's government finishes due diligence on Anglo American's sale of its 85 per cent De Beers holding, Gaborone is considering taking a larger share of the diamond producer itself.
intellinews.com

💰'Current price of silver as of Monday, September 21, 2026'
21 September 2026, Fortune: Silver traded at around $65 an ounce ahead of the US–China summit, well below the $80-plus levels reached earlier in the year and moving with the market's expectations for Fed tightening.
fortune.com

💰'Vietnam Jeweler PNJ Forecasts Loss After Diamond Scandal'
28 September 2026, Bloomberg:
Vietnam's largest listed jeweller has cut its 2026 revenue target to 39.06 trillion dong and now expects a loss of about $241 million, mostly because it has set aside 7.07 trillion dong to honour exchange and buy-back claims from customers after a scandal at its PNJ-LAB certification unit.
www.bloomberg.com

💰'Pandora CEO Says US Demand Dampening as Inflation Worries Grow'
1 October 2026, Bloomberg:
Pandora's chief executive, Berta de Pablos-Barbier, says inflation and fuel costs are squeezing middle-income American shoppers, leaving US demand steady but at a lower level.
www.bloomberg.com

💰'PC Jeweller shares in focus as firm becomes "debt free"; stock near 52-week high'
Aseem Thapliyal, 28 September 2026, Business Today:
The Delhi jeweller says it has now repaid all 14 lenders under its 2024 bank settlement, and its shares, up 52 per cent this year, are trading close to their 52-week high.
www.businesstoday.in

💰'Dior's Ravishing High-Jewelry Collection Takes Inspiration from the Garden and the Skies'
Jacqueline Terrebonne, 2 October 2026, Galerie Magazine: Victoire de Castellane's 141-piece Diorissima Haute Joaillerie, shown at a gala in Venice's Palazzo del Casinò, explores colour through stone doublets and lacquer, as in the Nuage Heureux necklace of white opal laid over turquoise with yellow sapphires, alongside wisteria, clover, rose and coral motifs.
galeriemagazine.com

💎'Taylor Swift's Wedding Band Makes Its Red Carpet Debut at the 2026 MTV VMAs'
Meguire Hennes, 29 September 2026, Marie Claire:
At the VMAs, Swift wore her wedding band in public for the first time, a contoured yellow-gold half-eternity ring with seven graduated antique-style diamonds that jewellers attribute to Artifex Fine and value at $8,000–$15,000, worn with Anita Ko and Leviev diamond earrings.
www.marieclaire.com

💎'Queen Letizia channels Disney princess at Spanish state visit honoring French president'
Rebecca Lewis, 29 September 2026, Hello!:
At the Madrid state banquet for Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, Queen Letizia wore the Spanish Floral Tiara, the diamond tiara the Spanish government gave Queen Sofía as a wedding present in 1962, whose three diamond flowers detach to be worn as brooches.
www.hellomagazine.com

💎'The Great Stuff Transfer Has a $750 Billion Golden Lining'
21 September 2026, Bloomberg:
As baby boomers pass on their possessions, heirs are finding that an estimated $750 billion of gold jewellery is among the most valuable things they inherit, and families are deciding which pieces to sell, which to keep and which to have remade.
www.bloomberg.com

💎'The 8 Trends That Took Over Milan Fashion Week'
Jordan Rossman, 28 September 2026, Coveteur:
Oversized, gem-toned statement jewellery (big earrings, necklaces and cocktail rings) is one of eight breakout trends from the spring/summer 2027 shows in Milan, with Prada, Gucci and Ferragamo cited as examples.
coveteur.com

🏛️''Like stepping into the mind of a genius' – Jean Schlumberger sketches and artefacts are being preserved by Tiffany & Co. and the Musée des Arts décoratifs'
Felix Bischof, 30 September 2026, Wallpaper*:
The Paris museum and the Tiffany Archives are conserving and digitising about 5,000 of Jean Schlumberger's drawings and a similar number of papers, among them studies for the Bird on a Rock brooch and letters from Christian Dior.
www.wallpaper.com

🏛️'Ancient Cypriot jewellery reveals stories of status and craft'
Christina Michailidis, 28 September 2026, Cyprus Mail:
Tracing Cypriot adornment from the Chalcolithic period to Phoenician-era gold, including a Kition tomb and new research on the Hala Sultan Tekke diadems, the feature shows how jewellery signalled rank, and a present-day goldsmith argues that the core craft has hardly changed.
cyprus-mail.com

🏛️'Treasure trove of gold, silver and foreign currency unearthed in Polish city'
Mark Milligan, 24 September 2026, HeritageDaily:
Builders in Włocławek have found a cache of nearly 400 objects hidden about a century ago and linked to the city's Jewish community, including jewellery, gold ornaments, watches and Judaica, which archaeologists hope to put on display locally after conservation.
www.heritagedaily.com

🏛️'Joy BC's jewellery is "a love letter to materiality, storytelling and craft", on show in London'
Felix Bischof, 29 September 2026, Wallpaper*: 
Between Ruin and Root', the goldsmith's first solo show, runs at Elisabetta Cipriani Gallery in London until 10 November with more than 20 pieces, six of them new, that use blackened silver, recycled gold and urushi lacquer to blur jewellery, sculpture and talisman.
www.wallpaper.com

🏛️''PM opens DJWE featuring over 500 brands from 30 countries'
Victor Bolorunduro, 29 September 2026, The Peninsula:
Qatar's prime minister opened the 22nd Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition, which is open to the public at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre until 4 October with 49 exhibitors, a Qatari Designers Pavilion and a new talks programme led by Christie's.
thepeninsulaqatar.com