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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 05/29/09 Change % 12/31/08 5/29/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7072 -0.0087 -1.2%
Cx Silver $11.27 $15.60 $4.33 38.4%
Cx Gold $883.60 $978.80 $95.20 10.8%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.1975 $0.8025 57.5% 31,075 50,514 19,439 62.6%
LME Copper $1.3930 $2.1664 $0.7734 55.5% 339,775 312,275 -27,500 -8.1%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 30,217 12,395 69.5%
Total Copper 388,672 393,006 4,334 1.1%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.6278 -$0.0322 -4.9% 2,328,900 4,233,650 1,904,750 81.8%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.6940 $0.2635 61.2% 45,150 77,450 32,300 71.5%
LME Tin $4.6970 $6.4977 $1.8007 38.3% 7,790 14,405 6,615 84.9%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $6.2460 $1.3427 27.4% 78,390 110,346 31,956 40.8%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.6845 $0.1765 34.7% 253,500 323,775 70,275 27.7%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through May 29, 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.
