Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by August 21 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 22, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of August 21, 2008. ----------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ---------------------------------- 21.08.08 a day a month since year beginning -------- --------- ----- ------- -------------------- Main metals ----------------------------------------------------- copper 7,842.00 +2.2 -6.5 +17.6 aluminum 2,744.00 +0.9 -9.6 +19.4 zinc 1,805.00 +6.5 -4.3 -24.3 nickel 21,105.00 +7.9 -6.6 -20.4 lead 1,895.00 +4.2 +4.9 -26.6 -------- --------- ----- ------- -------------------- Precious metals ----------------------------------------------------- gold 833.00 +2.8 -13.1 -0.0 silver 13.72 +5.3 -24.6 -7.1 platinum 1,458.80 +6.6 -21.5 -4.0 ----------------------------------------------------- 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. [2008-08-22]