he 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 shows information about the average monthly cost fluctuation of copper,

nickel

, and zinc throughout the year 2014.

Overall

what stands out from the graph is that there was a downward trend in the prices of all three metals in the first six

months

. Another striking feature is that

nickel

started with the highest price but ended up at the lowest point,

whereas

the opposite was true in the case of zinc. More specifically, the price of

nickel

plummeted during the first six

months

, hitting its lowest point at - 3%, after which

this

figure remained the same from July to September, hovering at - 1 %, followed by a slight increase to 1 % throughout the

last

two

months

. As regards Copper, there was the same trend as

Nickel

, its price decreased by around 2 % in May and June, at which point

this

figure stayed stably at 1 %,

then

showed some steady fluctuation throughout the winter, ending up at around 2 %.

In contrast

, after the cost of zinc

leaped

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at 3 % between February and May,

this

figure saw a dramatic drop of 4 % in June,

then

remained static at around 0 % over the next three

months

, followed by a rise to 2 % in December.