Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by August 5 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 6, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of August 5, 2008. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for -------------------------------------------------------- since year beginning 05.08.08 a day (04.08.08) a month (06.07.08) (02.01.08) -------- --------- ---------------- ------------------ -------------------- Main metals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- copper 7,809.50 -1.2 -10.3 +17.2 aluminum 2,831.00 -0.3 +7.4 +23.2 zinc 1,750.00 -2.6 -7.6 -26.6 nickel 17,445.00 -3.1 -19.7 -34.2 lead 2,016.00 -3.5 +14.5 -21.9 -------- --------- ---------------- ------------------ -------------------- Precious metals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- gold 878.60 -2.4 -6.8 +5.4 silver 16.54 -3.3 -9.0 +12.0 platinum 1,584.50 +1.4 -23.7 +4.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2008-08-06]