Daily Index levels
Level
Daily Change
Monday 22/02
117.5
0.6%
Tuesday 23/02
120.9
2.9%
Wednesday 24/02
118.5
-1.9%
Thursday 25/02
116.6
-1.6%
Friday 26/02
116.8
0.2%
Monday 01/03
117.7
0.7%
Weekly Index
The main PolishedPrices index rose 0.2% during the week, opening at 117.7 points on Monday. The index is currently 4.3% higher than a year ago, and has risen 11.0% from last April’s low. It is up 3.0% on the year to date.
One carat Mixed diamonds were the strongest performers among the benchmark ranges, rising 8.2%.
Fine 0.3 carats were weakest, falling 6.3%.
Benchmark groupings PolishedPrices Index.
Current Levels
2010 Low
2010 High
Index
Jan 04
=100
Change from week ago
Change from
year ago
Date
W/E
Year to date change
Overall
4.3%
113.1
05-Jan
122.1
08-Feb
3.0%
1 ct
Fine
122.2
-1.7%
11.3%
115.7
20-Jan
138.3
2.6%
Commercial
122.8
0.5%
15.1%
111.8
06-Jan
129.4
5.4%
Mixed
156.0
8.2%
17.9%
135.9
159.8
26-Jan
12.0%
0.5 ct
116.1
-0.5%
-0.2%
106.4
125.7
6.3%
103.9
4.8%
96.2
07-Feb
109.2
22-Feb
5.7%
92.1
-3.5%
2.4%
88.9
95.5
21-Feb
0.3 ct
112.3
-6.3%
-14.6%
103.6
24-Feb
137.0
15-Feb
-3.0%
-0.7%
4.2%
110.5
21-Jan
119.2
11-Jan
-0.9%
103.2
0.3%
-2.2%
102.8
107.0
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.