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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 08/07/09 Change % 12/31/08 08/07/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7057 -0.0102 -1.4%
Cx Silver $11.27 $14.66 $3.39 30.1%
Cx Gold $883.60 $957.30 $73.70 8.3%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.7815 $1.3865 99.4% 31,075 49,174 18,099 58.2%
LME Copper $1.3930 $2.7052 $1.3122 94.2% 339,775 292,125 -47,650 -14.0%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 63,434 45,612 255.9%
Total Copper 388,672 404,733 16,061 4.1%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.8945 $0.2345 35.5% 2,328,900 4,562,650 2,233,750 95.9%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.8233 $0.3928 91.2% 45,150 114,050 68,900 152.6%
LME Tin $4.6970 $6.7359 $2.0389 43.4% 7,790 18,670 10,880 139.7%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $8.8473 $3.9440 80.4% 78,390 106,044 27,654 35.3%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.8264 $0.3184 62.7% 2 53,500 433,525 180,025 71.0%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through Aug. 7, 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.
