Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through March 6, 2009.
Closing values and year-to-date changes are:
Prices Inventories MT
12/31/08 03/06/09 Change % 12/31/08 3/6/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7912 0.0753 10.5%
Cx Silver $11.27 $13.32 $2.05 18.2%
Cx Gold $883.60 $942.10 $58.50 6.6%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $1.6805 $0.2855 20.5% 31,075 41,113 10,038 32.3%
LME Copper $1.3930 $1.6751 $0.2821 20.3% 339,775 522,025 182,250 53.6%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 38,468 20,646 115.8%
Total Copper 388,672 601,606 212,934 54.8%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.5860 -$0.0740 -11.2% 2,328,900 3,266,300 937,400 40.3%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.5398 $0.1093 25.4% 45,150 60,050 14,900 33.0%
LME Tin $4.6970 $5.1483 $0.4513 9.6% 7,790 9,045 1,255 16.1%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $4.4361 -$0.4672 -9.5% 78,390 99,270 20,880 26.6%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.5557 $0.0477 9.4% 253,500 349,825 96,325 38.0%
The Copper Journal, a monthly publication, is a compendium of key fundamental, economic and financial indicators of the global metals markets.
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.
