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The Copper Journal, a monthly publication, is a compendium of key fundamental, economic and financial indicators of the global metals markets.
Closing values and year-to-date changes are:
Prices Inventories MT
12/31/08 05/1/09 Change % 12/31/08 5/1/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7539 0.0380 5.3%
Cx Silver $11.27 $12.48 $1.21 10.7%
Cx Gold $883.60 $887.60 $4.00 0.5%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.1015 $0.7065 50.6% 31,075 43,596 12,521 40.3%
LME Copper $1.3930 $2.0416 $0.6486 46.6% 339,775 398,700 58,925 17.3%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 19,064 1,242 7.0%
Total Copper 388,672 461,360 72,688 18.7%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.6718 $0.0118 1.8% 2,328,900 3,792,300 1,463,400 62.8%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.6051 $0.1746 40.6% 45,150 72,325 27,175 60.2%
LME Tin $4.6970 $5.8083 $1.1113 23.7% 7,790 12,560 4,770 61.2%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $5.2639 $0.3606 7.4% 78,390 114,204 35,814 45.7%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.6568 $0.1488 29.3% 253,500 328,950 75,450 29.8%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through May 1, 2009.
Note: The green line on the chart is the 200 day moving average. The red lines are points of support and resistance. If one market is closed while the other is open, the prior day settlement will be used for the market that is closed in order to maintain consistency in the price charts.
