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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 09/18/09 Change % 12/31/08 09/18/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.6802 -0.0357 -5.0%
Cx Silver $11.27 $17.04 $5.77 51.2%
Cx Gold $883.60 $1,009.20 $125.60 14.2%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.7710 $1.3760 98.6% 31,075 48,171 17,096 55.0%
LME Copper $1.3930 $2.8263 $1.4333 102.9% 339,775 327,700 -12,075 -3.6%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 104,248 86,426 484.9%
Total Copper 388,672 480,119 91,447 23.5%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.8718 $0.2118 32.1% 2,328,900 4,617,750 2,288,850 98.3%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.9848 $0.5543 128.8% 45,150 124,900 79,750 176.6%
LME Tin $4.6970 $6.8493 $2.1523 45.8% 7,790 23,375 15,585 200.1%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $7.8494 $2.9461 60.1% 78,390 118,620 40,230 51.3%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.8645 $0.3565 70.2% 253,500 436,500 183,000 72.2%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through Sept. 18, 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.
