The line graph reports how the prices of copper, nickel, and zinc fluctuated in 2014.
Overall, the percentage change in price of nickel was the highest but ended up being the lowest, whereas the opposite was true for zinc’s situation. Copper’s price experienced a slight instability, and three metals experienced all-time low in June.
In January, nickel’s price rose up to six percent then constantly dropped ever since. The percentage went down to negative three in June, prior to the stable recovery at the end of 2014. Zinc, completely opposite to nickel’s downward trend, increased steadily throughout the period. Starting at only one percent change, the percentage of change in zinc’s price tripled in the following month, only to reach its lowest twice in June and October at negative one percent. However, it quickly rose back to around 1.5% in November and ended the year with two percent change in price, overtaking nickel’s first place.
Copper’s price went through no major fluctuation, maintained its second place, but its percentage change saw a slight decline. In the beginning, the proportion of price fluctuation was at two percent. The rate fell to its lowest from May to June at approximately 0.5%. Eventually, the figure rebounded at roughly 1.5% in December.