Prices of main and precious metals on New York Commodity Exchange by June 26 trade results

/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, June 27, 2008/ - Prices of main and precious metals on New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) on SPOT terms according to results of trades of June 26, 2008. -------------------------------------------------- Price: Name of Unit ------------------------- Change metal measure max. min. last for day -------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- Main metals -------------------------------------------------- copper USD/lb 3.90 3.88 3.88 0% aluminum USD/lb 1.39 1.37 1.38 +0.50% zinc USD/lb 0.88 0.85 0.85 -1.83% nickel USD/lb 9.81 9.72 9.72 0% lead USD/lb 0.82 0.80 0.80 0% -------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- Precious metals -------------------------------------------------- silver USD/oz 918.80 884.40 911.50 -0.57% gold USD/oz 17.44 16.72 17.19 +0.23% platinum USD/oz 2073.00 2,063.00 2,073.00 +0.66% -------------------------------------------------- The data in table are based on information of COMEX (Commodity Exchange of New York, a concern of NYMEX). The data of different Internet-resources have been used to create information in table. USD/lb means price in USD per pound of main metal, USD/oz means price in USD per troy ounce. According to Barclays Capital, growth of global inflation rate and interest rates influence on demand for the main metals. However, restriction of bid and high productive expenditures will keep metal prices on higher levels than before. [2008-06-27]