Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors by September 1 trade results

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, September 2, 08/ - Prices of main and precious metals on international trade floors on SPOT terms according to results of trades of September 1, 2008. ----------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ---------------------------------- 01.09.08 a day a month since year beginning -------- --------- ----- ------- -------------------- Main metals* ----------------------------------------------------- copper 7,371.00 -3.6 -9.0 +10.6 aluminum 2,647.00 -2.1 -7.9 +15.2 zinc 1,774.00 -1.4 -4.2 -25.6 nickel 19,415.00 -4.6 +6.9 -26.7 lead 1,951.00 -7.6 -9.7 -24.4 -------- --------- ----- ------- -------------------- Precious metals ----------------------------------------------------- gold 829.30 -0.2 -8.8 -0.5 silver 13.61 +0.0 -22.2 -7.9 platinum 1,489.80 +0.4 -10.0 -2.0 ----------------------------------------------------- * Prices on precious metals are given as of August 29, 2008. On September 1, 2008 USA markets were closed. The data in the table are based on information of COMEX (Commodity Exchange of New York, a concern of NYMEX) and London Metal Exchange. Prices on main metals are quoted in USD per ton, on precious metals - in USD per troy ounce. [2008-09-02]