IDEX Price Report for 1 October: More Losses, Rounds Fare Better

(IDEX Online) - Another month of widespread losses, offset by some gains, mostly in rounds.

Rounds

There were, yet again, considerably more decreases than increases. Relatively little activity among bread-and-butter goods (0.50-cts to 1.99-cts) but significant price drops among 2.00-cts to 5.99-cts, with the notable exception of rises on most F+ goods sized 5.00-cts to 5.99-cts. Among 1.00-cts to 1.24-cts, movement (mostly downwards) was limited to H+ and VS2+. No significant trends in smaller sizes.

 Fancies

Price drops dominate in almost all size categories. Limited activity in goods up to 0.69-cts, many decreases among 0.70-cts to 1.24-cts. Heavy losses in 1.50-cts to 2.99-cts. Occasional small clusters of increases in 1.25-cts to 1.49-cts and 3.00-cts to 5.99-cts.

Rounds

0.18-0.22 ct. H / VVS1-SI1 -4.0-5.0%, J-K / SI1-3-I2 +8.0-11.0% 

0.23-0.29 ct. H / VVS2-SI1 -4.0-4.5% 

0.30-0.39 ct. L / VVS2-I1 -5.0-6.5% 

0.40-0.44 ct. I / SI3-I1 +4.5-5.5%, L / SI2-3 -5.0-5.5%

0.45-0.49 ct. D / SI1-2 -2.5%

0.50-0.69 ct. E-F / IF +1.5-3.5% 

0.70-0.79 ct. D-F / VS1-2 -2.0-4.5%

0.80-0.89 ct. D-H / IF-VVS2 -1.0-3.5%

0.90-0.99 ct. D / VVS1 +1.5% 

1.00-1.24 ct. D-G / VVS2-VS2 -1.5-3.5%

1.25-1.49 ct. G-H / IF- VVS2 -1.0-4.5%, E / IF-VS2 +1.0-5.0%

1.50-1.99 ct. G-I / IF-VVS2 -1.0-2.5%, E-F / IF-VVS1 +-0.5-2.5%

2.00-2.99 ct. I-K / IF-VVS1 -1.0-3.0%, F / VVS1-VS1 +1.0-5.0%

3.00-3.99 ct. F-H / SI1-2 -1.0-3.0%, I / IF-VS1 +0.5-2.5%

4.00-4.99 ct. D-H / SI1-3 -0.5-3.0%, D-F / IF-VVS2 +0.5-3.0%

5.00-5.99 ct. D-E / VVS2-I2 +2.0-4.5%, G-H / SI2-I1 -1.5-3.5%

Fancy Cuts

0.18-0.22 ct. E / IF +3.5%

0.23-0.29 ct. D / SI2 -4.5%

0.30-0.39 ct. H-K / I2 +11.0-14.5%

0.40-0.44 ct. E-G / IF +2.0%

0.45-0.49 ct. H / SI2-I1 -3.5-4.5%

0.50-0.69 ct. D-F / IF +1.5-2.0%, K / VS2-SI3 -4.0-4.5%

0.70-0.79 ct. D / IF-I1 -1.0-6.5%

0.80-0.89 ct. D-H / VVS1-VS2 -1.5-6.0%

0.90-0.99 ct. D-E / VVS2-VS1 -2.0-3.0%

1.00-1.24 ct. D-G / VVS2-VS1 -1.0-3.0%

1.25-1.49 ct. F-G / VS2-SI1 -3.0-6.5%, L-N / IF-VVS2 +3.0-7.0%

1.50-1.99 ct. D-J / SI1-3   SI2 -2.0-6.0%

2.00-2.99 ct. J-M / IF-VVS2 -1.0-3.5%

3.00-3.99 ct. E-I / SI1-2 +0.5-3.5% 

4.00-4.99 ct. F-J / SI3 -1.5-2.5%

5.00-5.99 ct. E-F / IF-VVS1 -1.0-3.0%, D-G / SI1 +2.0-4.0%