The graph below shows the average closing prices of selected precious metals from 2013 to 2021. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph gives information about the distribution of three different valuable metals'

price

histories namely Gold,

Platinum

and Palladium over a

period

of 9 years between 2013 and 2021. The units are measured in $ per

oz

.

Overall

, it can be clearly seen that the figures for all metals showed an upward trend with the exception of

Platinum

over the

period

. Interestingly, the highest

price

at the end

of the

period

was Palladium. At the beginning of the

period

, the

price

of

Platinum

and Gold started at around $1500/

oz

and both figures had a slight decrease to $1000/

oz

and $1200/

oz

, respectively in 2015. From

this

point onwards, Gold's

price

increased regularly to around $1800 in 2020 and remained stable in the following year.

However

,

Platinum

's

price

constituted a considerable fall at just under $1000/

oz

in 2020, before went up to well above $1000/

oz

in 2021.

On the other hand

, Palladium's

price

stood at roughly $700/

oz

in 2013 and it oscillated to exactly $1000/

oz

in 2018.

Thereafter

, it soared up to around $2500/

oz

at the end

of the

period

.