Articles Tagged "arbitrage"

Backwardation hits LME copper market

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News This week, a slew of bad news zapped copper’s recent rally. Copper fell in London on concerns about demand for the industrial metal after the International Monetary Fund said the global economy will shrink this year.  Copper for delivery in three months lost $36.25, or 0.8 [...]

China’s stimulus shakes copper market fundamentals

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News The arbitrage window that allows profitable imports of copper from the international market into China snapped closed on Thursday as the gap between Shanghai and London markets narrowed sharply. Half the available copper stock in Asia and 10 per cent of the material in Europe is [...]