INDUSTRY DATA
KEY BUSINESS METRICS
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METAL PRICES £/UNIT SCRAP METAL £/UNIT
Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 % Change
last month Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 % Change
last month
Sterling Silver £/Kg 371.99 354.99 350.92 S 1% Sterling Silver Scrap £/Kg 349.27 333.21 329.48 S 1%
Gold £/g 31.13 30.68 30.50 S 1% 9ct Gold Scrap £/g 11.26 11.10 11.04 S 1%
Palladium £/g 25.86 23.31 22.84 S 2% 14ct Gold Scrap £/g 17.57 17.32 17.22 S 1%
Platinum £/g 23.10 22.71 22.08 S 3% 18ct Gold Scrap £/g 22.53 22.20 22.07 S 1%
Rhodium £/g 39.98 42.76 44.17 R 3% 22ct Gold Scrap £/g 27.52 27.11 26.96 S 1%
Iridium £/g 22.87 22.44 23.25 R 4% Platinum (95%) Scrap £/g 18.65 18.34 17.83 S 3%
Ruthenium £/g 4.52 4.53 4.71 R 4%
Data supplied courtesy of Cookson Precious Metals.
www.cooksongold.com.
UK RETAIL FOOTFALL
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE MONTH-ON-MONTH CHANGE FORECAST FOR THIS MONTH
February 2018 vs February 2017 February 2018 vs January 2018 March 2018 vs February 2018
S 4.8%
Scotland & N. Ireland
R 0.4%
S 5.9%
Scotland & N. Ireland
Northern England
SW England & Wales
London & South East
UK Overall -6.8%
Scotland & N. Ireland
R 3.6%
The Midlands
R 0.3%
SW England & Wales
S 2.9%
London & South East
Regional variations against a UK
average of -12.8%
S 3.0%
Northern England
R 0.9%
The Midlands
S 11.4%
R 2.0%
Northern England
S 4.6%
S 5.0%
R 1.3%
The Midlands
S 0.2%
SW England & Wales
S 3.1%
London & South East
Regional variations against a predicted
UK average of 8.0%
Data supplied by Ipsos
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