(IDEX Online) - Prices of fancy color diamonds remained stable in the third quarter of 2019, according to the Fancy Color Diamond Index (FCDI) published by the Fancy Color Research Foundation.
The prices of pinks remained stable this quarter. The slight decrease of 0.1 percent overall was due to a 3-percent decrease in the 5 carat fancy pink category. However, all fancy vivid pinks rose by 0.4 percent, with 1- and 3-carat fancy vivid pinks increasing by 1.6 percent and 1.7 percent.
Blue diamond prices increased just 0.1 percent. The sharpest increase came the 1.5 carat fancy vivid blue category (2.1 percent). Over the past 12 months, the price of this category has appreciated by 10.6 percent. The sharpest drop during this quarter (-2.2 percent) was in the 1.5 carat fancy intense blue category.
The prices of yellow diamonds decreased 1.5 percent during Q3. The largest price decrease - of 3.5 percent - was in the 3 carat fancy vivid yellow category. Only 2-carat fancy intense yellow diamonds did not experience a fall in prices.
Category | Q3/19 vs. Q2/19 | Q3/19 vs. Q3/18 |
All Fancy Color Diamonds | -0.5% | -0.9% |
All Yellow Fancy Color Diamonds | -1.5% | -4.9% |
All Pink Fancy Color Diamonds | -0.1% | 0.9% |
All Blue Fancy Color Diamonds | 0.1% | 0.5% |
Continuing a trend seen during the past year, the fancy vivid category outperformed (0.1 percent) the fancy intense (-0.5 percent) and fancy (-1.0 percent) categories.
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