Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by August 4 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 5, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of August 4, 2008. ------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) relative to value ---------------------------- 04.08.08 01.08.08 05.07.08 02.01.08 -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Main metals ------------------------------------------------- copper 7,905.00 -2.4 -9.3 +18.6 aluminum 2,840.00 -1.1 +7.8 +23.6 zinc 1,797.00 -2.9 -5.1 -24.6 nickel 18,005.00 -0.8 -17.2 -32.1 lead 2,090.00 -3.2 +18.7 -19.0 -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Precious metals ------------------------------------------------- gold 900.10 -1.0 -4.5 +8.0 silver 17.10 -2.2 -5.9 +15.8 platinum 1,563.00 -5.6 -24.8 +2.8 ------------------------------------------------- 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. [2008-08-05]