Compare movement, not price level
An index of 120 means the series rose 20% from its starting observation. It does not mean the commodity costs 120 dollars.
Compare commodity price charts.
Choose any two commodities to compare their percentage movement from a shared starting value of 100.
Choose any two different commodities to update this chart. Prefer a short, plain-language answer? Build the commodity price-race story →
Ratios use aligned prices; yearly figures average monthly observations.
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Open a focused comparison where the two markets have a useful relationship. Use the chart above for any other pairing.
Gold vs Silver
Gold vs Platinum
Gold vs Palladium
Silver vs Platinum
Silver vs Palladium
Platinum vs Palladium
Copper vs Aluminium
Copper vs Nickel
Copper vs Zinc
Aluminium vs Nickel
Zinc vs Lead
Lead vs Tin
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Download base USD series ↓How the comparison chart works.
Each selected series starts at 100 on its first shared date. The chart therefore compares percentage movement across different units and price levels; it does not imply that one tonne, barrel or troy ounce is equivalent to another.
Use dates both series share
The chart keeps observations that exist for both commodities. It does not turn a missing value into zero or guess a price between dates.
Check each source series
A comparison is easier to trust when you can inspect both units, frequencies and source dates. Each dedicated pair links back to its two price pages.
Open a dedicated comparison below for server-rendered observations, current source specifications, market uses and links back to both price pages. Use the historical price archive for a single source series. For an absolute price ratio, use the dedicated gold–silver ratio.
Historical averages are not live transaction quotes. Prices exclude inflation adjustments and transaction costs. Read the chart guide →
Need more than two markets or risk statistics? Open the six-series commodity data workbench →