Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by August 15 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 18, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of August 15, 2008. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ---------------------------------------------------- 15.08.08 day (14.08.08) month (16.07.08) since year beginning (02.01.08) -------- --------- -------------- ---------------- -------------------- Main metals ----------------------------------------------------------------------- copper 7,310.00 -4.3 -16.1 +9.7 aluminum 2,716.00 -1.6 +3.1 +18.2 zinc 1,641.50 +0.7 -13.4 -31.1 nickel 18,505.00 -3.1 -14.9 -30.2 lead 1,695.00 -4.5 -3.7 -34.3 -------- --------- -------------- ---------------- -------------------- Precious metals ----------------------------------------------------------------------- gold 786.00 -2.7 -16.6 -5.7 silver 12.80 -9.9 -29.5 -13.3 platinum 1,388.20 -6.8 -33.2 -8.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [2008-08-18]