The graph below shows the average closing prices of selected precious metals from 2013 to 2021.

The line graph illustrates the changes in average closing costs for three valuable metals between 2013 and 2021.

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, the ending prices of Palladium escalated throughout the period , overtaking Platinum as the most expensive metal by the end of the era; meanwhile, Gold's rates remained relatively stable,

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it had an upward trend in general.

Initially

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, accounting for almost 1500$, the average closing price of Platinum was the highest among other given items, and from 2014 to 2015, it decreased to rank lower than that for Gold before subsiding in the following five years, and

finally

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, it rose slightly in the

last

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year to marginally above 1000$.

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, the values for Palladium ranged between around 800$ and approximately 600$, which was the lowest point during the selected period. Afterwards, these figures surged substantially to reach well above 2000$ in 2020, and they accumulated to register a milestone at 2500$

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.

On the other hand

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, Gold's costs declined in the first three years from under 1500$ to roughly 1200$ before growing modestly between 2015 and 2019. In 2020, these rates increased sharply to peak at 1300$ more or less, and they held

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price for another year.