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Yellow category lowered by 0.3%,  Pinks by 0.9% and Blues tumbled by 1.3%   2020: FCRF Reports Fancy Color Diamond Prices!   The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) announced the Fancy Color Diamond INDEX results for Q4 and a summary of 2020. Q4 Results:   Pink: The prices of all Pink diamonds overall remained without a change in Q4 2020, with Fancy and Fancy Intense categories presenting a slight increase.  The 1.00-1.49 and 2.00 to 2.99 carats segments presented an increase of 0.4% and 0.6% respectively, with the 2 carats Fancy Pink showing the highest increase of the quarter +1.4%.   Blue: The Fancy grade in the Blue Index presented an overall increase of 0.2%, while the 1.5 and 5 carats stood out with an increase of 0.5%.  However, Blue diamond prices overall presented a 0.5% decrease in Q4, led by the Vivid category that decreased by 0.6%. This decrease occurred due to the soft price of the 1 carat segment in this quarter.   Yellow: Th...

The FCDI displayed a general stability! FCDI Q3 2020 decreased by 0.7%   The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) announced the results of the Fancy Color Diamond Index (FCDI) for Q3 2020.   2020 will be remembered as the year the world stood still. Literally, most commercial and cargo flights halted, stores closed down and business resolved to work remotely with no travel to the office. Aligning with the Covid-19 restrictions, many businesses had not only to change the way they operate, but to slow down or close production completely. After two long quarters, in which the FCRF was unable to conduct a price survey, we are thrilled to publish the first index for 2020.   Q3 2020 results says, on average, Fancy color prices slid down by 0.7%, however, with transactions picking up in Q3 2020, the FCDI displayed a general stability in relation to this chaotic period.  The majority of categories experienced a decrease of less than 1%, while Yellow showed lower drop...