Band 6+: 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 line graph illustrates the average prices of copper, zink, and nickel that change monthly in 2014.

Overall, nickel witnessed a massive fluctuation, while the other two were a little. Furthermore, all metals remained unchanged from July until September.

In January, nickel started with the highest at 6%, before falling significantly to 1% in the next two months, continuously dropping to the lowest at -3% in June and rose slightly to -1% in the next three months, eventually skyrocketing to 1% until the end of the time period.

Zinc and copper began with, 1% and 2% respectively, the former increased to 3% in the next month, before decreasing steadily to -1% in June, whilst the latter gradually declined to below 0% until June. Both of these have a slight increase to above -1% and 1%, subsequently in the next three months, before rising again to 2% for zinc and above 1% for copper.