precious metals market report 4th quarter 2005 management 530 520 510 500 490 480 470 460 450 440 430 420 410 400 390 01 05 02 03 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 16 50 00 15 14 13 summary after drifting sideways for much of october prices rallied dramatically on the back heavy investor bu ying in particular tokyo from an early november low 456 troz to a high last bettered march 1981 537 mid december this genera ted average 484 55 fourth rise third residual fund buying brie y spirits fresh 17 year september s decisive rally behaviour abruptly changed showing little direction and more volatility that might prove less robust was not entirely surprising as aware it could see wave european central bank
