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 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 line chart demonstrates the mean of cost changes per
month
of
Copper
, Nickel and zinc over a twelve-
month
period. As an overview, all three figures of described metals show fluctuating during 2014.
However
, these three metals
price
changing averages experienced a downward trend over the first half of that year, and they showed an upward trend after that for the next 6 months. As it can be observed, at the beginning of the given time period,
Nickle
achieved the first rank with 6% in changing
price
among
Copper
and Zinc with 2% and 3% changing that
month
respectively.
However
,
Copper
overtook
Nickle
with an increase of 1% in its
price
from the mentioned time to March.
In addition
, both
Nickle
and
Copper
experienced a noticeable fall in
price
change with 1% and roughly 0.5% respectively that
month
.
On the other hand
,
Nickle
's figure experienced its lowest percentage in June with -3%.
Also
, meanwhile, both
Copper
and Zink
price
changes declined that
month
and
Copper
overtook
Nickle
with a -0.5% percentage change that
month
.
Furthermore
,
at the end
of the given time period, all of the three metals'
price
changes had increased significantly from June and their differences in percentage were negligible with 2% for Zinc, approximately 1.5% for
Copper
and 1% for
Nickle
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words month, copper, price, nickle with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "show" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.

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  • fluctuate
  • volatile
  • stability
  • peak
  • trough
  • increment
  • decrement
  • steady
  • gradual
  • sharp
  • increase
  • decrease
  • month-on-month
  • average monthly change
  • commodity
  • benchmark
  • trend
  • precipitous
  • plateau
  • significant
  • marginal
  • surge
  • dip
  • plummet
  • soar
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