Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by August 26 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, August 27, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of August 26, 2008. ----------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ---------------------------------- 26.08.08 a day a month since year beginning -------- --------- ----- ------- -------------------- Main metals* ----------------------------------------------------- copper 7,581.00 -3.6 -7.1 +13.7 aluminum 2,695.00 -2.0 -7.3 +17.3 zinc 1,732.00 -4.1 -5.1 -27.3 nickel 20,195.00 -3.8 +10.8 -23.8 lead 1,855.00 -1.3 -13.5 -28.1 -------- --------- ----- ------- -------------------- Precious metals ----------------------------------------------------- gold 822.20 +0.3 -14.2 -1.3 silver 13.57 +1.5 -25.4 -8.1 platinum 1,421.10 -1.0 -23.5 -6.5 ----------------------------------------------------- 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. [2008-08-27]