Metals prices down this week

Metals prices were down this week. Gold lost over 5 percent, ending the week in London at $575 per troy ounce. Some base metals saw even larger declines on the London Metal Exchange. Nickel was over 6 percent lower to $26,100 per tonne, while three-month copper was down $117, almost 8 percent, to $7,210 per tonne and zinc fell 10 percent to $2,150 per tonne over the week.