INDUSTRY DATA
KEY BUSINESS METRICS
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METAL PRICES £/UNIT SCRAP METAL £/UNIT
May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18
% Change
last month May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18
% Change
last month
Sterling Silver £/Kg 362.31 371.01 356.27 S 4% Sterling Silver Scrap £/Kg 340.18 348.35 334.51 S 4%
Gold £/g 31.05 31.13 30.32 S 3% 9ct Gold Scrap £/g 11.24 11.26 10.97 S 3%
Palladium £/g 23.33 24.08 22.65 S 6% 14ct Gold Scrap £/g 17.53 17.57 17.12 S 3%
Platinum £/g 21.53 21.56 20.27 S 6% 18ct Gold Scrap £/g 22.47 22.53 21.95 S 3%
Rhodium £/g 50.70 54.62 55.84 R 2% 22ct Gold Scrap £/g 27.45 27.51 26.80 S 3%
Iridium £/g 29.84 34.09 34.67 R 2% Platinum (95%) Scrap £/g 17.39 17.41 16.37 S 6%
Ruthenium £/g 5.98 6.06 6.12 R 1%
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
June 2018 vs June 2017 June 2018 vs May 2018 July 2018 vs June 2018
S 4.4%
R 4.1%
Scotland & N. Ireland
S 4.4%
Scotland & N. Ireland
Northern England
SW England & Wales
London & South East
UK Overall -7.8%
Scotland & N. Ireland
S 1.6%
The Midlands
R 0.2%
SW England & Wales
R 0.8%
London & South East
Regional variations against a UK
average of +11.4%
S 0.3%
Northern England
S 0.8%
The Midlands
S 15.4%
S 1.5%
Northern England
S 6.7%
S 2.4%
R 0.1%
The Midlands
R 2.7%
SW England & Wales
R 0.4%
London & South East
Regional variations against a predicted
UK average of +7.7%
Data supplied by Ipsos
August 2018 | jewelleryfocus.co.uk
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