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 line graph depicts the differences in the costs of three metals on a monthly basis within the

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2014.

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, the prices for copper and nickel

inclined

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increased

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while

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the cost of zinc increased. By the end of the

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, the metal with

highest

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the highest

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price

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was zinc and nickel had the lowest value. Starting at 6% in January, nickel was the most valuable metal. From

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peak, in just 5

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the

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plummeted to -3% in June.

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metal only witnessed a slight growth back to -1% in July

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remained unchanged for the next two

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of August and September. From

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, it dropped to -2% before surging back to 1% in the

last

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two

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of 2014. The cost of zinc increased sharply and reached

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peak of 3% in February. During the following

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of the first and second quarters, the

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dropped continuously to the value of -1% and remained relatively the same during the third quarter before soaring to 2%

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of the

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. Copper's

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experienced a more fluctuated change when started at 2%

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gradually decreased to the lowest points of 0.5% in May and June. In July, copper had a slight increase back to 1% and

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rather stable around

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level until the rest of the

year

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