RAPAPORT PRICE CHANGE

[jackoh5225]

IS IT TRUE THAT THE RAPAPORT PRICES WENT HIGHER TODAY?

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 7/18/2008 6:10:51 PM
Author:jackoh5225
IS IT TRUE THAT THE RAPAPORT PRICES WENT HIGHER TODAY?

why....do you have a dozen 2ct stones hidden under your bed??

 

[customcushion]

Prices go up. I would bet dollars to donuts that they will continue to go up.

It''s the nature of our inflationary supply-and-demand econmoy

 

[Paul-Antwerp]

Rapaport increased a few prices on his list. In total about 15, I think. It is a minor increase.

 

[Indira-London]

Rap gives information on polished (or cut) diamond prices. Polished diamond prices have been rising steeply this year and is expalined in detail with analysis on
http://www.idexonline.com/start.asp?purl=portal_FullNews%2easp%3fid%3d30454.

DTC raised rough diamond prices in July which normally take ca. 6 weeks to trickle through to corresponding rises in polished prices.

» DTC raises rough prices 5-15 percent - news item from the Antwerp Facets News Service (AFNS).
[AFNS] LONDON, U.K. 9 July 2008 - De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) increased prices for rough goods by an average of a little more than 5 percent at its July 7-11 sight, the sixth of the year. Prices for better goods that produce polished weighing more than 1 carat went up as much as 15 percent, while prices for I quality goods remained unchanged.
The company has promised to release advance pricing information before the sights that preceded the JCK Las Vegas Show in May and the September Hong Kong trade show, which will mean it will disclose information again before the August sight.
It released detailed information to sightholders before the July sight at their request.