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 [...]
Copper surged in Shanghai for a second day on signs that supply in China in the near-term will remain tight and after gains in oil and equities yesterday boosted demand for commodities as an inflation hedge. Cai Luoyi, analyst at China International Futures, stated: Futures prices were buoyed by high premiums in the cash market, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News U.S. copper futures plunged more than 6 per cent early Friday after government data showed a larger than expected fourth quarter GDP collapse. The bad news capped a week where optimism pushed copper futures up. In fact, copper increased, and safe haven gold pared losses. On [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper is often looked to as a barometer of economic health due to its copious use in building and construction. When an economy is growing, copper use rises exponentially. In the early 2000′s rapid economic growth paved the way for an explosion in demand for the [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper prices will be low in the near term as weak demand and piling inventories exert downward pressure, however, for the long term analysts are bullish. When the economic environment improves, investors will select profitable markets to invest in. The copper market considered by many to [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News U.S. copper futures were able to hold on to their positive momentum until Thursday’s close, when consistent inventory builds and grim economic data suggested that demand will exert more downside pressure. Copper started the New Year with a bang, but the positive movement was cut short [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper futures started the year on a note of optimism. On January 3, the first day of trading in 2009, copper peaked at US$1.6225, the contract’s highest point since December 2 2008. Copper was just one of the base metals to rally as a result of [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper prices fell to the lowest in almost four years on concern that the deepening global recession will reduce metal demand through next year. Copper prices have plunged 55 per cent this year, heading for a record annual decline. Copper futures for March delivery slipped 0.4 [...]
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