By Richard PlattMarch 19th, 2018
The main polishedprices index continued its rise, reaching levels not seen since October 2016.
|
Daily Index levels |
Level |
Daily Change |
|
Monday 12/03 |
119.1 |
0.2% |
|
Tuesday 13/03 |
119.1 |
0.0% |
|
Wednesday 14/03 |
119.0 |
0.0% |
|
Thursday 15/03 |
118.5 |
-0.5% |
|
Friday 16/03 |
118.2 |
-0.2% |
|
Monday 19/03 |
119.5 |
1.0% |
Weekly Index
The main polishedprices index opened on Monday at 119.5 points, up 0.3% from the previous week. The overall index is 1.4% above its level for this time last year, and has gained 3.0% since the start of the year.
Amongst the benchmark categories, better quality 0.5 carat diamonds performed best with Fine and Commercial rising 2.9% and 2.1% respectively, compared to the previous Monday.
There was weakness, however, across all the 0.3 carat ranges, with the Commercial range recording the largest decline, losing 4.3% over the past seven days.
Benchmark groupings PolishedPrices Index
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Current Levels |
2018 Low |
2018 High |
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|
Index Jan 04=100 |
Change from week ago |
Change from year ago |
Index |
Date |
Index |
Date |
Year to date change |
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|
Overall |
119.5 |
0.3% |
1.4% |
115.9 |
12-Jan |
119.5 |
19-Mar |
3.0% |
|
|
1 crt/4gr |
Fine |
118.6 |
1.3% |
4.2% |
112.4 |
16-Feb |
121.3 |
15-Mar |
4.5% |
|
Commercial |
114.1 |
-1.9% |
3.1% |
109.5 |
02-Mar |
116.4 |
12-Mar |
2.7% |
|
|
Mixed |
97.2 |
-0.6% |
3.3% |
94.3 |
05-Feb |
97.8 |
12-Mar |
1.4% |
|
|
0.5 crts / 50 pts |
Fine |
101.5 |
2.9% |
-3.3% |
94.2 |
09-Jan |
101.5 |
19-Mar |
6.1% |
|
Commercial |
105.9 |
2.1% |
2.7% |
99.6 |
02-Jan |
107.4 |
12-Feb |
8.0% |
|
|
Mixed |
98.4 |
-0.4% |
-1.2% |
96.2 |
02-Jan |
100.0 |
23-Feb |
1.9% |
|
|
0.3 ctrs/ 30 pts |
Fine |
109.4 |
-1.1% |
8.0% |
98.8 |
09-Feb |
111.9 |
13-Mar |
11.2% |
|
Commercial |
118.1 |
-4.3% |
7.3% |
110.3 |
04-Jan |
125.4 |
13-Mar |
8.4% |
|
|
Mixed |
122.7 |
-1.0% |
2.5% |
122.0 |
12-Jan |
124.4 |
19-Feb |
0.2% |
The definitions of our groupings are:
Fine: Goods better than I colour and VS2 and above
Commercial: K SI3 and above, excluding the Fine category, and
Mixed: The rest down to M I3
The weightings used in the calculation of these indices are chosen to reflect world production. Please contact us if you would like to see details of the weightings used, or would like to see the information grouped differently.
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