Following the previous week's volatile session, with Commercial goods leading the overall PolishedPrices index higher, the main index fell back during the past week.
Daily Index levels
Level
Daily Change
Monday 18/02
142.2
1.2%
Tuesday 19/02
140.5
-1.2%
Wednesday 20/02
139.6
-0.7%
Thursday 21/02
140.7
0.8%
Friday 22/02
139.0
Monday 25/02
0.1%
Weekly Index
The main PolishedPrices index opened down 2.2% from the previous week on Monday at 139.0 points. The overall index has lost 9.3% since this time last year and lost 0.2% since the start of 2013.
Commercial one carats were the worst performers over the past week, with one carat Commercial falling 7.6% and Commercial half carats dropping 5.4%.
Fine one carats gained 1.0%, while Fine 0.3 carats added 0.4% over the previous week.
Benchmark groupings PolishedPrices Index
Current Levels
2013 Low
2013 High
Index Jan 04=100
Change from week ago
Change from year ago
Index
Date
Year to date change
Overall
-2.2%
-9.3%
136.6
03-Jan
17-Feb
-0.2%
1 crt / 4gr
Fine
152.2
1.0%
-9.7%
140.3
29-Jan
153.9
14-Feb
-2.4%
Commercial
142.7
-7.6%
-9.8%
132.5
156.5
17-Jan
5.2%
Mixed
174.7
-3.2%
-7.1%
164.8
27-Jan
181.4
24-Jan
-3.3%
0.5 crts / 50 pts
130.4
-8.9%
114.3
135.0
21-Jan
-2.0%
120.7
-5.4%
-12.5%
106.9
127.5
0.2%
110.7
-17.0%
20-Feb
116.9
-4.4%
0.3 ctrs/ 30 pts
124.0
0.4%
-3.1%
116.3
125.3
11-Feb
2.2%
141.2
-2.5%
139.8
21-Feb
147.7
-4.2%
128.4
0.0%
134.4
-1.3%
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.