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 illustrates the fluctuations in the average

price

of copper,

nickel

and zinc every

month

in the year 2014.

Overall

,

it is clear that

all minerals have

price

fluctuations during the year, and

nickel

is the most drastic downfall of

price

change

among the others. Having looked at the provided line graph for more details, we can see that in the first

month

of the year 2014, the

proportion

change

in

Nickel

price

began at 6% before dropping to 4% in February.

Then

, it went down significantly to 1% in March. It fluctuated at

this

percentage for about 2 months and decreased substantially to the lowest of -3% in June. In July,the

proportion

change

in

nickel

price

increased to -1% and remained stable at

this

percentage until September,

then

it fell slightly to -2% in October and climbed sharply to 1% in November. In December, it remained at

this

proportion

.

In addition

, Zinc, which started at 1% in January,

then

climbed to 3% in the next

month

and decreased sharply to -1% in June.

Moreover

, it fluctuated at

this

level in the next 4 months and

then

increased significantly to 2% in December.

Last

but not least, the trend of Copper was similar to Zinc but it had a lower percentage

change

in

price

. Beginning from 2% in the first

month

and

then

keeping the lowest

proportion

until June. In the next 5, it fluctuated at around 1% and increased to 1.5% in December.