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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 08/21/09 Change % 12/31/08 08/21/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.6975 -0.0184 -2.6%
Cx Silver $11.27 $14.16 $2.89 25.6%
Cx Gold $883.60 $953.20 $69.60 7.9%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.8790 $1.4840 106.4% 31,075 47,597 16,522 53.2%
LME Copper $1.3930 $2.7828 $1.3898 99.8% 339,775 293,125 -46,650 13.7%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 81,650 63,828 358.1%
Total Copper 388,672 422,372 33,700 8.7%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.8655 $0.2055 31.1% 2,328,900 4,623,325 2,294,425 98.5%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.8369 $0.4064 94.4% 45,150 118,200 73,050 161.8%
LME Tin $4.6970 $6.5317 $1.8347 39.1% 7,790 19,570 11,780 151.2%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $8.8564 $3.9531 80.6% 78,390 109,608 31,218 39.8%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.8201 $0.3121 61.4% 253,500 433,075 179,575 70.8%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through Aug. 21, 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.
