De Beers has cut prices for smaller diamonds in its latest move to draw customers back to the market after the coronavirus froze up trading in precious stones.

The company had already discounted bigger and more expensive stones last month for the first time since the pandemic struck. It’s now reduced prices of rough diamonds smaller than one carat by more than 10%, according to people familiar with the situation, who asked not to be identified as the details are private.

The diamond market came to a complete standstill during the early phase of the pandemic, but in the last month has shown signs of recovering. At its August sale, De Beers sold $320-million of rough diamonds, more than six times its total sales in the the second quarter of the year, as customers were drawn back by lower prices and shrinking inventories.