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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 03/20/09 Change % 12/31/08 3/20/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7371 0.0212 3. 0%
Cx Silver $11.27 $13.83 $2.56 22.7%
Cx Gold $883.60 $955.80 $72.20 8.2%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $1.7875 $0.3925 28.1% 31,075 40,316 9,241 29.7%
LME Copper $1.3930 $1.7740 $0.3810 27.4% 339,775 503,950 164,175 48.3%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 31,408 13,586 76.2%
Total Copper 388,672 575,674 187,002 48.1%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.6505 -$0.0095 -1.4% 2,328,900 3,451,900 1,123,000 48.2%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.5906 $0.1601 37.2% 45,150 60,075 14,925 33.1%
LME Tin $4.6970 $4.7400 $0.0430 0.9% 7,790 10,735 2,945 37.8%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $4.4928 -$0.4105 -8.4% 78,390 101,616 23,226 29.6%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.5579 $0.0499 9.8% 253,500 341,850 88,350 34.9%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through March 20, 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.
