Platinum price. Today - Stock market quotes online
Platinum price per gram in us dollars seen below in the stock chart (1 oz t. = of 31.1 grams). At the international stock market value of the raw materials is established by the London firm Fixing Company Platinum and Palladium, on the basis of which the prices are being formed in other countries of the world.
Platinum is the most durable of all the precious metals, has a grayish-white color and is hypoallergenic (unlike silver, and sometimes and gold, which can cause allergic reactions when wearing jewelry). Possesses the following properties: strength, plasticity, chemical resistance, electrical conductivity, thermal resistance, etc.
Platinum price per gram - how to invest in the metal
The easiest way to investment in the raw materials is purchase of a futures contract on platinum ingot. This tool is drawn to the Russian the main stock exchange in the derivatives section of MICEX, RTS, is the encoding of a «PT» and is a settlement. The cost of the Russian futures are reflected in the box on the left (similar to the world prices in U.S. dollars per Troy ounce).
Another easy way is to buy shares of the companies, producing the metal, since the cost of such securities directly depends on the price of platinum raw materials. In Russia of the largest such organization is Norilsk Nickel.
A third way is to purchase the relevant ingot, or opening of impersonal платинного account in a commercial Bank, but not all financial institutions offer such a service.
The world market
The leader of the world production of platinum is the South African Republic (SAR), which accounts for a share of 76.5% of the market. Further, in decreasing order follow the country (the numbers in parentheses are the approximate market share): Russia (12.5 percent), Canada (3,6%), Zimbabwe (2.8%)and the USA (1,8%), Colombia (0.8%) and other countries (2%).
