After volatile trading at the start of the week, the overall PolishedPrices index settled lower, as the markets began to slow ahead of the Easter holiday period.
Daily Index levels
Level
Daily Change
Monday 26/03
154.8
2.3%
Tuesday 27/03
151.7
-2.0%
Wednesday 28/03
153.2
1.0%
Thursday 29/03
153.3
0.0%
Friday 30/03
153.5
0.1%
Monday 02/04
153.0
-0.3%
Weekly Index
The main PolishedPrices index opened down 1.1% from the previous week on Monday at 153.0 points. The overall index is currently 8.1% above its level of this time last year and has lost 1.3% since the start of the year.
Fine qualities were the weakest of the benchmark categories, with all Fine quality sizes showing losses.
The strongest performers were Mixed 1.0 carats which gained 6.6%
Benchmark groupings PolishedPrices Index.
Current Levels
2012 Low
2012 High
Index Jan 04=100
Change from week ago
Change from year ago
Index
Date
Year to date change
Overall
-1.1%
8.1%
151.2
20-Mar
161.2
01-Feb
-1.3%
1 crt / 4gr
Fine
166.2
-4.5%
1.7%
152.3
30-Jan
182.6
09-Feb
-3.9%
Commercial
161.9
4.0%
149.8
11-Jan
171.5
3.3%
Mixed
194.2
6.6%
2.6%
182.2
25-Mar
202.5
29-Jan
4.3%
0.5 crts / 50 pts
141.9
-1.8%
5.8%
138.3
23-Feb
163.5
-1.2%
138.7
2.5%
12.7%
133.4
29-Mar
156.2
-5.7%
125.5
-1.6%
19.0%
01-Apr
136.0
13-Feb
-0.6%
0.3 ctrs/ 30 pts
119.3
-5.1%
-9.5%
118.5
162.4
16-Feb
-5.9%
141.5
-1.0%
4.9%
138.5
162.1
-8.3%
132.1
13.7%
131.4
132.6
01-Jan
-0.4%
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.