LBMA Fix
AM and PM reference levels in USD, EUR, and GBP.
THE MORNING METALS DESK
Gold, silver, PGMs, currencies, physical premiums, and benchmark signals in one daily desk brief for jewellers, dealers, refiners, and analysts.
SIGNAL BOARD
Move through the signals Lufroma watches each morning: benchmarks, physical premiums, currency pressure, flows, and inventory context.
AM and PM reference levels in USD, EUR, and GBP.
IBJA retail rates against converted London benchmark.
AED-linked local price movement beside India parity.
The relative value signal traders keep coming back to.
Paper-market pressure against physical buying context.
London inventory shifts that frame physical availability.
Currency pressure changes the local quote even when spot is quiet.
Silver underperformance can change desk positioning quickly.
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LBMA fixes, London vault data, cross-market premium signals, and multi-currency analytics. For jewellers, refiners, dealers, and analysts worldwide.
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The precious metals complex is under pressure as oil, inflation fears, rate expectations, and geopolitics combine into a tougher setup for non-yielding assets.
Four metals. Six currencies.
LBMA to Mumbai to Dubai.
The number the trade watches.
Where the real price lives.
Daily positioning.
Your currency. Your price.
Official industry dates for metals desks, jewellers, refiners, dealers, and analysts to watch.
Spot prices in USD. Updated daily.
| Metal | Symbol | USD / oz | EUR / oz | GBP / oz | Change | Prev close | Day range |
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USD/EUR/GBP prices via Yahoo Finance futures and open.er-api.com. LBMA AM/PM fix sourced from prices.lbma.org.uk. Indicative, not a regulated benchmark. For informational purposes only.
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IBJA indicative retail selling rates (PM). Per gram. Excludes 3% GST and making charges. Source: ibja.co
Source: Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (gjepc.org). Updated monthly.
Journal
Short reads on price, premium, flow, and the signal beneath the headline.
Live intelligence on gold, silver, and the signals that move the trade, updated daily.
Jewelry Business Intelligence
Researched reads on the forces shaping gold, retail, and the jewellery business. No fluff, every market claim tied to a source.
Events
The trade shows, bullion forums, and mining conventions that move the precious metals and jewellery world, in one place.
Derived signals from live pipeline, updated daily.
Long-term average ~65. Above 80 historically favours silver.
Price above MA = momentum positive. Below = caution. 60-day window.
Daily return histogram. Annualized using √252 scaling.
Positive = price rose intraday. Proxy for London session direction.
LBMA AM converted at USD/INR. Per 10g. Trade reference only.
Daily build from Yahoo Finance, LBMA, IBJA, GJEPC, open.er-api.com.
Tools
Live calculators for jewellers, dealers, and expats, powered by today's prices.
Weight × purity × live spot, with market value and typical buyback in your currency.
Currency
Where are you selling?
Enter weight above to calculate.
Based on live gold spot price (Yahoo Finance, refreshed every 60s). Buyback % reflects typical market norms, actual offers vary by region and jeweller.
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Benchmarks
Benchmark surfaces for desks that watch London, futures, India, and cross-currency parity together.
London benchmark levels, intraday spread, and multi-currency reference values.
Gold/silver ratio, daily silver move, and London reference alignment.
Local landed price compared with benchmark gold converted into INR.
Futures high, low, previous close, and the live spot direction traders quote against.
Vaults
Monthly metal held in London vaults, tracked against price action and physical-market pressure.
Latest London gold vault level with month-on-month movement.
Silver inventory can reveal stress or comfort in physical availability.
Vault moves are read beside premium, ETF, and futures positioning.
Premium Watch
Physical premiums make the real price visible beyond the headline spot quote.
Local 999 gold compared with London benchmark converted at USD/INR.
AED-linked view of theoretical UAE landed price against India reference.
Import duty changes, GST context, and premium pressure for dealers.
Premium movement helps jewellers and dealers protect margin in fast markets.
Currencies
USD, EUR, GBP, INR, AED, CNY, JPY, and CHF views for cross-border metals teams.
Spot converted into per-gram and per-10g references for local trade context.
European and UK references beside the USD benchmark.
A practical overlay for UAE versus India retail pricing.
Flows
Signals that explain whether price action has institutional, physical, or currency support.
Fund-linked pressure across gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.
Gem and jewellery trade flow context for India-linked demand.
Day range and prior close reveal how much of the move is tradable.
Reports
Pages for the way metals teams actually work: morning checks, premium reviews, and decision notes.
Spot, fix, currency, premium, and risk points in one desk note.
AM/PM spread, futures range, and follow-through in Europe.
Vault, ETF, premium, and macro watchpoints for the week ahead.
Gold Desk
Spot, LBMA fix, India parity, vault holdings, and currency overlays for the main metal.
AM and PM gold fix values act as the anchor for the daily read.
IBJA 999 tells whether local pricing is above or below parity.
London gold stock provides the institutional physical backdrop.
Silver Desk
Silver needs its own lens: ratio behaviour, London stock, and sharper daily percentage moves.
The gold/silver ratio shows whether silver is being treated as beta or ballast.
Silver can move faster than gold and needs disciplined range context.
Vault holdings add physical-market texture to the screen price.
PGM Desk
Industrial-linked metals need their own watch: range, demand sensitivity, and relative pressure.
Useful for premium positioning and slow-moving exposure.
Auto-linked demand keeps the signal different from gold and silver.
Large intraday ranges matter for liquidity and quote timing.
Sources
Transparent source labels make the product feel serious and auditable.
GC, SI, PL, and PA futures are used for live market movement.
Official gold and silver fix data plus London vault holdings.
Retail gold rate and trade statistics for local demand context.
Methodology
Lufroma combines benchmark data, currency conversion, regional premium math, and historical checks.
Prices are normalized around USD per troy ounce before conversion.
FX overlays translate global movement into local trading reality.
Benchmark divergence, premium range, and data freshness checks reduce obvious errors.
About Lufroma
Free market data is everywhere. We turn it into decisions, daily, for the people who buy, price, and sell precious metals.
A daily brief, researched insights, charted reports, and proprietary signals across gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. We read the market so the bench does not have to.
Jewellers, bullion dealers, refiners, and B2B buyers worldwide. Written and priced for an international desk, in dollars.
We do not sell the raw price, which is free everywhere. We sell the interpretation: what a move means for your margins, pricing, and sourcing this quarter.
Every market claim is tied to a source. Methodology and update times are shown. We would rather say we do not know than guess. Information only, never investment advice.
No jeweller can read sixty articles and five data feeds before the shutters go up, then work out what any of it means for their margins. So we do it for you. Every morning, Lufroma reads the whole market and tells you the one thing that matters, and what to do about it.
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