Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by August 6 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 7, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of August 6, 2008. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for -------------------------------------------------------- since year beginning 06.08.08 a day (05.08.08) a month (07.07.08) (02.01.08) -------- --------- ---------------- ------------------ -------------------- Main metals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- copper 7,871.00 +0.8 -9.6 +18.1 aluminum 2,855.00 +0.8 +8.3 +24.2 zinc 1,736.00 -0.8 -8.4 -27.2 nickel 17,495.00 +0.3 -19.5 -34.0 lead 2,111.00 +4.7 +19.9 -18.2 -------- --------- ---------------- ------------------ -------------------- Precious metals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- gold 875.60 -0.3 -7.1 +5.1 silver 16.47 -0.4 -9.3 +11.5 platinum 1,610.00 +1.6 -22.5 +5.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2008-08-07]