Monthly Price Changes of Three Metals in 2014

The chart displays the monthly average Suggested change: percentage change in the pricespercentage change in the prices1variation in the prices of three different metals over the course of 2014.

Overall, while the prices of nickel and copper showed a general downward trend, zinc experienced a moderate increase. Among the three, nickel exhibited the most dramatic fluctuations throughout the year.

In the first half of the year, nickel prices saw the Suggested change: sharpest swingssharpest swings4most dramatic changes. Starting at a sharp increase of 6% in January, the figure plunged rapidly, dropping to 1% in March and then reaching a low of -3% in June. Copper, by contrast, showed a more stable pattern , beginning at 2% in January and gradually falling to around -0.5% by June. Zinc peaked in February at 3%, slightly higher than its January level of about 1%, before declining steadily to -1% in June. In April, both copper and nickel prices remained unchanged, whereas zinc continued its downward trend.

Between June and October, all three metals followed a broadly similar trajectory . In July, copper and nickel prices rebounded , Suggested change: rising to 1% for copper and -1% for nickelrising to 1% for copper and -1% for nickel7rising to around 1% and -1% respectively, while zinc saw a modest improvement to -0.5%. Prices for all three metals then remained constant until September, followed by a slight drop of between 0.5% and 1% in October. In the final months of the year, from October to December, nickel prices plateaued , while copper and zinc recovered. By December, zinc registered the highest increase at approximately 2%, Suggested change: followed by copper at 1.5% and nickel at 1%.followed by copper at 1.5% and nickel at 1%.8closely followed by copper at around 1.8%.