In general, the increase in the supply of precious metals is a single-digit number on a yearly basis.

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Trading in the precious metals remains choppy on a day-to-day basis.

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Also, the precious metals market prices are impacted on a day-to-day basis by currency movements.

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On an annual basis, we expect palladium to be one of the best-performing metals, if not the best-performing commodity.

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