Prices of main and precious metals on New York Commodity Exchange by June 29 trade results

/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, June 30, 2008/ - Prices of main and precious metals on New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) on SPOT terms according to results of trades of June 29, 2008. ----------------------------------------------- Price: Name of Unit ----------------------- Trend metal measure max. min. last -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ Main metals ----------------------------------------------- copper USD/lb 3.96 3.93 3.94 -0.06% aluminum USD/lb 1.39 1.38 1.39 0% zinc USD/lb 0.87 0.85 0.86 0% nickel USD/lb 9.76 9.67 9.67 0% lead USD/lb 0.80 0.79 0.79 0% -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ chrome USD/lb n/a n/a 5.76 +1.57% -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ Precious metals ----------------------------------------------- silver USD/oz 17.69 17.48 17.54 +0.34% gold USD/oz 930.80 923.20 926.10 -0.08% platinum USD/oz 2067.00 2052.00 2059.00 +0.10% ----------------------------------------------- The data in table are based on information of COMEX (Commodity Exchange of New York, a concern of NYMEX), except prices on chrome (Hong Kong Exchange). 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 Metal Markets, on Friday gold price set the highest value in a month. Prices grew at the background of oil prices rise (to $142.99 a barrel), which is why investors transferred their capital to safer markets for protection against inflation. At the end of last week copper price was also high. Traders expect ask to increase the side of investors because of record prices on oil and reduction of reserves on London and Shanghai Metal Markets by 15 and 3 % correspondently. [2008-06-30]