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 illustrates the percentage of changes in copper, nickel and zinc prices compared with the previous month from January to December 2014.

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, the fee of nickel had the most considerable falls in

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year,

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the cost of copper changed slightly in

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period.

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the figure, the percentage of changes in nickel fee was 6 in January which notably fell to 1% in the next two months. After a stable month, there was a slight diminish from April to May,

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it experienced a sharp increase the next month and reached 3 minus

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before it rocketed between June and July to one minus. After three months of stabilization, it decreased gradually and

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, by November, it rose sharply by 2% and stayed still until the end of the year. As can be seen, the ups and downs of zinc price were less considerable;

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it reached a peak in February at 3%,

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fell to -1% by June, and it rose again after its bottom out for 4 months.

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, the changes in the price of copper fluctuated and ended up where it started around 2%.