A woman approached her, and the victim indicated that she could not speak English. The suspect then kissed the woman on her cheeks, hugged her, placed a ring on her finger, then tried to put a necklace on her while removing the one the victim was already wearing. 

The victim managed to push the woman away, and the suspect then ran away into a waiting grey car with two men inside.The suspect is described as white, 25 years old, 52 tall and about 110 pounds with black hair. She was wearing a long, multi-coloured skirt, short-sleeved shirt and had gold-capped incisor teeth. 

Around 7 p.m. that same day, a 64-year-old woman was sitting on the front step of a home in the 100 block of Everhollow Street S.W. when a woman approached, trying to give her a gift. The victim, who was visiting from India and does not speak English, tried to refuse, but the woman put a ring and necklace on the step. 

She then hugged the victim, and managed to remove her gold necklace before running away with it and the other jewelry. She ran to a waiting white car and drove away.The suspect in that case is described as white, between 40 and 45-year-old, 160 pounds and 57 tall with brown, shoulder-length hair. She was wearing a long skirt and a T-shirt. 

Fancy shape markets under pressure with weak demand in India and China. Lower prices for rounds also creating competition as relative value benefit for fancies decreases. Stable and healthy U.S. market supporting demand and price levels for a broad range of fancies in mid to low price ranges. Buyers very selective regarding shape- and cut-quality with extreme price differentials between excellent and average cut fancy shapes. 

Trading in Antwerp is quiet as most businesses remain closed through the ongoing vacation period, along with the various bourse services. Many Antwerp-based Indian vendors were in Mumbai for the IIJS show that took place last week and reported stable demand for VS-SI dossier certificate goods. Polished dealers remain cautious about Asian demand but report steady U.S. demand, particularly for SI diamonds. 

Polished trading was focused on following up from the IIJS show, as demand met suppliers low expectations for the show. Jewelry demand was relatively positive helping to improve sentiment in the market. Still, domestic diamond demand is being affected by the weak rupee, more cautious bank lending and tight liquidity, particularly among small manufacturers. There is good demand for 0.30-0.40 carat, H-J, VS-SI goods and for 1 carat diamonds in the same categories, while demand for 0.70-0.90 carat goods has slowed. Rough trading is slow but stable with steady demand for rough that yields polished of SI clarity and lower. Larger manufacturers are maintaining steady output at their factories while smaller players are shifting toward polished trading as manufacturing remains unprofitable. 

While the bourse services resumed this week and many dealers are back from their vacations, some took an extended break for the summer. Activity is geared toward preparing for the International Diamond Week scheduled to take place in Ramat Gan in late August with buyers expected to attend from the U.S., the Far East and China. Suppliers have maintained firm prices in the past week with many buyers looking for SI goods. 

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Demand for gold bars and coins leaped 56 percent to $23.091 billion, according to the report. Exchange-traded-funds and similar products recorded a net outflow of $18.This item is for one stainless steel bangles core for wood.297 billion. Overall, gold demand in the second quarter plummeted 23 percent to $38.952 billion. In terms of weight, gold demand fell 12 percent year on year to 856.3 tonnes, with demand for the jewelry sector up 37 percent to 575.5 tonnes. 

Gold jewelry demand jumped 33 percent year on year to $8.6 billion in India and increased by 35 percent to $7.6 billion in Greater China during the second quarter. The value of gold jewelry demand slipped 12 percent to $205 million in Japan, declined 10 percent to $921 million in the U.S. and fell 25 percent to $324 million in Europe. But demand rose 17 percent to $2.5 billion in the Middle East.