The line chart illustrates the changes in the average prices of three metals—copper, nickel, and zinc—throughout each month of 2014. Overall, while zinc and copper experienced negligible fluctuations in their prices by the end of the year, nickel saw the most significant change over this time period.
Nickel experienced the largest price shift in February, rising by 6%. However, it decreased dramatically to 1% in March, remained stable until the following month, and then fell to an all-time low of -3% in June. In contrast, zinc followed a different trend, rising to 3% in February before gradually declining to -1% in June.
Copper exhibited a trend similar to that of nickel, decreasing from 2% in January to -0.5% in May. Notably, all three metals experienced a three-month period of price stability from July to September. Ultimately, their prices fell slightly in October before increasing again until the end of the year.