Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by August 8 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 11, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of August 8, 2008. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for -------------------------------------------------------- 08.08.08 a day (07.08.08) a month (09.07.08) since year beginning (02.01.08) -------- --------- ---------------- ------------------ -------------------- Main metals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- copper 7,550.00 -3.5 -13.3 +13.3 aluminum 2,820.50 -1.6 +7.0 +22.7 zinc 1,690.00 -3.2 -10.8 -29.1 nickel 17,850.00 -3.8 -17.9 -32.7 lead 2,005.00 -5.4 +13.9 -22.3 -------- --------- ---------------- ------------------ -------------------- Precious metals --------------------------------------------------------------------------- gold 857.80 -1.5 -9.0 +2.9 silver 15.30 -5.7 -15.8 +3.6 platinum 1,559.60 -1.5 -24.9 +2.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2008-08-11]