On Tuesday, copper plummeted to its lowest level since March, falling from the previous rally achieved on the back of higher than expected US home sales data.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
As news over impending fraud charges against leading commodities player Goldman Sachs hit the market last Friday, copper witnessed considerable downside. Risk averse investors jumped from their positions, sending copper plummeting to a three month low.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Copper prices backed off from the 20-month peak they scaled on Monday as China’s clamp down on credit stirred fresh fears that the red metal’s rally has been overdone.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Surprisingly upbeat economic data out of the US boosted copper to its highest price since the Lehman bankruptcy.
Continue reading "Copper’s Price Indicates Economic Growth"
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
After hitting a two-week low Monday, copper climbed on Tuesday fueled by a declining greenback. The US dollar is taking a pause in anticipation of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper fell for a second day as a stronger dollar made the commodity more expensive for those holding in other currencies; the Dollar Index, a gauge of the currency’s value against six major counterparts, rose for a second day. Further downward impetus came as stockpiling inventories in [...]
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper climbed the most in over a week as dropping inventories signaled rising demand for the red metal. A huge drawdown in London Metal Exchange inventories provided the strongest boost to copper. Stockpiles monitored by the London Metal Exchange tumbled 2.4 per cent to 480,400 metric [...]
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper has rallied 31 per cent in the first quarter of 2009; since December 26, the red metal’s price has increased 47 per cent. This rapid upward swing has earned the metal the title best performer among the 19 raw materials tracked by the RJ/CRB commodity [...]
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Data released Thursday showing a further deterioration in the manufacturing sector snapped copper’s positive trend. Copper for March delivery shed 3.10 cents to close at $1.50 a lb on the New York Mercantile Exchange’s COMEX division. COMEX copper had gained nearly 7 per cent during the [...]
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper prices may slump by more than half this year as the global recession cuts demand. MF Global Ltd., one of 12 companies that trade on the floor of the London Metal Exchange, predicts that the three-month contract may average $3,250 per metric tonne in [...]
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010