The July sight opens Monday in Gaborone with a price sheet, not a sales figure, as the headline. De Beers signaled it will close a book-to-market gap that has run 20% to 30% on smaller stones, the correction sightholders have sought since 2024.
The Rapaport Trade Diamond Index posted flat-to-positive figures across all four benchmark sizes in July, the first such month since March 2…
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Rapaport reported July as the first positive month across all four major diamond categories since March 2025, with the 1-carat RAPI stable a…
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For the first time since March 2025, every major RAPI category posted flat or positive figures in July, ending 13 straight months of decline…
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De Beers cut certain smaller rough goods by as much as 50% at its July sight as its first-half realized price fell 32% to $105 a carat and Q…
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The fair price on a 1-carat lab-grown diamond has fallen to $770, down 26.3% over the year, while De Beers realized just $105 per carat in Q…
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De Beers moved to close the gap between its book and the street at the July sight, with cuts on some smaller goods reportedly reaching 50 pe…
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The wholesale diamond market is re-pricing just as US retailers commit to fall inventory. De Beers dragged its official list back to seconda…
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De Beers lowered official rough prices at the July sight and trimmed its buyer roster to roughly 45, finally bringing the book toward second…
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The Q2 2026 lab-grown wholesale index fell 13% year over year, but the average hides a split: one-carat rounds rose 1% while two-carat stone…
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US independent jewelers posted an 18% sales gain in June, but units were flat as average tickets climbed. Natural diamond jewelry rose 10% o…
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Rapaport's early-July list showed 0.30 to 0.49 carat rounds recovering off inventory lows just as De Beers moved to align its rough prices w…
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The July Rapaport list showed prices for pointer diamonds, the 0.30 to under 1.00 carat sizes, rising for the first time in more than four y…
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