INDUSTRY DATA
KEY BUSINESS METRICS
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METAL PRICES £/UNIT SCRAP METAL £/UNIT
Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 % Change
last month Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 % Change
last month
Sterling Silver £/Kg 383.64 354.78 371.99 R 5% Sterling Silver Scrap £/Kg 360.21 333.11 349.27 R 5%
Gold £/g 31.26 30.15 31.13 R 3% 9ct Gold Scrap £/g 11.31 10.91 11.26 R 3%
Palladium £/g 24.36 24.23 25.86 R 7% 14ct Gold Scrap £/g 17.65 17.02 17.57 R 3%
Platinum £/g 22.74 21.56 23.10 R 7% 18ct Gold Scrap £/g 22.62 21.82 22.53 R 3%
Rhodium £/g 34.83 37.21 39.98 R 7% 22ct Gold Scrap £/g 27.63 26.65 27.52 R 3%
Iridium £/g 23.78 23.37 22.87 S 2% Platinum (95%) Scrap £/g 18.36 17.41 18.65 R 7%
Ruthenium £/g 3.06 4.46 4.52 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
December 2017 vs December 2016 December 2017 vs November 2017 January 2018 vs December 2017
S 2.8%
Scotland & N. Ireland
R 5.5%
S 13.7%
Scotland & N. Ireland
Northern England
SW England & Wales
London & South East
UK Overall -9.6%
Scotland & N. Ireland
R 4.0%
The Midlands
S 2.4%
SW England & Wales
R 2.4%
London & South East
Regional variations against a UK
average of +24.1%
S 7.7%
Northern England
S 3.7%
The Midlands
S 13.6%
R 0.9%
Northern England
S 3.7%
S 8.4%
R 1.7%
The Midlands
R 0.7%
SW England & Wales
R 1.7%
London & South East
Regional variations against a predicted
UK average of -30.8%
Data supplied by Ipsos
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