The graph below shows the average monthly change in the prices of three metals during 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given graph illustrates the percentage of average monthly rises or falls in how much copper,

nickel

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and

zinc

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cost throughout 2014. The initial impression is that

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the

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in the

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of

nickel

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and copper experienced a decreasing trend, there was an increasing trend in the

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of

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of

zinc

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in the given period of time. In terms of

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and

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,as can be seen,

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change

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in

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was 6%, which was the highest figure in the whole period, at the beginning of 2014, the

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in the

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of

zinc

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was 1%, which was the lowest. From January to

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, the percentage of

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in the

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of

nickel

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fell sharply by 5%.

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,

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experienced a significant increase until February and a small fall to

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. Between

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to November,

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and

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witnessed a similar pattern and there was a dip of - 3% and -1% in

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and

zinc

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respectively, which was followed by a growth in the

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of both metals.From July to September,

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and

zinc

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remained at the same level of 3% and 1% respectively.

At the end

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of the year,

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was responsible for the highest percentage of

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, which was 2%, the

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in the

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of

nickel

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was the lowest, which was 1%. Turning next to copper,

it is clear that

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it dropped considerably from January to

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when it reached a dip of about -0.5% of

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.

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it plateaued at 1% from July to September, it grew to approximately 1.5% in December.