The Rapaport 1-carat index rose 0.5% in August, its first monthly increase in 15 months. The move is small but the direction is the story, and it lands as lab-grown fair value settles near $680 and the natural-versus-lab spread reframes retail mix.
De Beers has cancelled its August sight and folded it into October, setting a single merged event for September 23 to 27 and cutting the yea…
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The Rapaport Trade Diamond Index for one-carat goods was stable in July, ending 13 straight months of declines. Prices across D-F and G-J in…
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For the first time since March 2025, all four major diamond categories posted flat or positive figures in July, ending 13 straight months of…
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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-m…
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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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