Consequently, prices are high, particularly since, as described in section II above, investors anxious to find alternatives to lacklustre markets for financial assets have invested enthusiastically in metals market derivatives.
因此，正如上文第二节所介绍的那样，价格保持高位，因金融资产市场前景暗淡而急于另寻出路的投资者热情高涨地投资于金属市场衍生品。