by David Brummer
(IDEX Online News) – Price of round diamonds fluctuated during the month, items sized 1.5 carats to 4 carats showing improvements. Goods sized between 0.30- 0.44-carats were mostly down in the SI1 and better clarity range. Items in the 1.00-1.24-carat range showed a few positive changes, but were largely static. There was almost no price movement in items sized 4 carats to 5 carats.
There was not much movement in fancy goods during the month. Items in the 1.00-1.24-carat category showed increases of as much as 4 percent in the better quality stones. Items sized 1.5-2.99 carats showed localized rises with some widespread price decreases. Price changes in the 4-carat to 5-carat goods were very limited.
Following are some of the main changes in this month’s IDEX Online Diamond Price Report.
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Rounds
Fancy Cuts
- 0.18-0.22 cts D / VVS2-VS2 -3-4% and E / IF-VVS1 +4%
- 0.23-0.29 cts D-F / SI1 +4-5%
- 0.30-0.39 cts F / IF-VVS1 -2-3%, I / VVS2 +3.5% and J / VS1-VS2 -5%
- 0.40-0.44 cts J-K / IF -3% and M-N / VVS1 -4-5%
- 0.45-0.49 cts F / VVS1-VVS2 -3-3.5% and G-H / VS1 +2-2.5%
- 0.50-0.69 cts H-I / IF -3%
- 0.70-0.79 cts D-F / IF +3%
- 0.80-0.89 cts F-G / VS1 +3% and D-G / SI3-I2 +2-7%
- 0.90-0.99 cts E / IF -3%
- 1.00-1.24 cts F-K / IF +2-4% and J-K / VVS1 +2.5-4%
- 1.25-1.49 cts D-E / VS1 -1-3%
- 1.50-1.99 cts E-H / IF -2-3% and D-H VS1 -1-3%
- 2 cts G-H / VVS1-VVS2 +1-3% and D-H / VS2-SI1 -1-3%
- 3 cts G / IF -3% and D and F / VS2 -3%
- 4 cts D / VS2 and E / SI1 +3%
- 5 cts G-H / SI2 -3%