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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 03/27/09 Change % 12/31/08 3/27/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7519 0.0360 5.0%
Cx Silver $11.27 $13.25 $1.98 17.6%
Cx Gold $883.60 $923.00 $39.40 4.5%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $1.8335 $0.4385 31.4% 31,075 40,933 9,858 31.7%
LME Copper $1.3930 $1.7899 $0.3969 8.5% 339,775 500,750 160,975 47.4%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 25,181 7,359 41.3%
Total Copper 388,672 566,864 178,192 45.8%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.6264 -$0.0336 -5.1% 2,328,900 3,471,025 1,142,125 49.0%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.5693 $0.1388 32.2% 45,150 60,650 15,500 34.3%
LME Tin $4.6970 $4.6312 -$0.0658 -1.4% 7,790 10,770 2,980 38.3%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $4.3091 -$0.5942 -12.1% 78,390 106,068 27,678 35.3%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.5820 $0.0740 14.6% 253,500 344,225 90,725 35.8%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through March 27, 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.
