Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by August 12 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 13, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of August 12, 2008. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ---------------------------------------------------- 12.08.08 day (11.08.08) month (14.07.08) since year beginning (02.01.08) -------- --------- -------------- ---------------- -------------------- Main metals ----------------------------------------------------------------------- copper 7,261.00 -2.7 -16.6 +8.9 aluminum 2,755.00 -1.7 +4.6 +19.9 zinc 1,658.50 -0.7 -12.5 -30.4 nickel 17,635.00 -1.8 -18.9 -33.5 lead 1,893.00 -3.5 +7.5 -26.6 -------- --------- -------------- ---------------- -------------------- Precious metals ----------------------------------------------------------------------- gold 808.20 -1.6 -14.2 -3.0 silver 14.46 -0.9 -20.4 -2.1 platinum 1,478.80 -3.7 -28.8 -2.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2008-08-13]