The graph 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 comparision where relevant.

The line chart illustrates the percentage of the average change in the costs of three elements including copper, nickel, and zinc in every month in the year 2014.

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, what stands out from the graph is that all the metals experienced a downward trend

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zinc saw an increase

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of the period.

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, nickel had the lowest change in December. In January 2014, the change price of nickel was 6% before experiencing a rapid fall in June 2014 to hit a bottom of -3%.

On the other hand

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, it went up to -1% before remaining stable for the next three months, and

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at the end

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of the month it climbed to 1%. Regarding copper, it began at 2% and

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decreased gradually to nearly 0.5% in June before rising to 1% in July 2014, and it saw a fluctuation, reaching approximately 1.5% in December 2014. In terms of zinc,

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it started at the lowest rate among these three metals, which was 1%, it grew to 3% in February.

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, it faced a significant drop to -1% in June before hitting a peak of 2% in December.