Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by August 1 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 4, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of August 1, 2008. --------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) relative to value -------------------------- 01.08.08 31.07.08 02.07.08 02.01.08 -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Main metals --------------------------------------------- copper 8,096.00 -2.0 -7.1 +21.5 aluminum 2,872.50 -1.9 +9.0 +25.0 zinc 1,851.00 -2.9 -2.3 -22.4 nickel 18,155.00 -2.6 -16.5 -31.5 lead 2,160.00 -3.1 +22.7 -16.3 -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Precious metals --------------------------------------------- gold 909.00 -0.5 -3.6 +9.1 silver 17.48 -1.5 -3.8 +18.4 platinum 1,655.30 -6.1 -20.3 +8.9 --------------------------------------------- The data in the table are based on information of COMEX (Commodity Exchange of New York, a concern of NYMEX) and London Metal Exchange. USD/lb means price in USD per pound of main metal, USD/oz means price in USD per troy ounce. [2008-08-04]