Copper Investing News» global economic growth

Is America’s choice of a president to blame for post-election stock market blues?

Mike Rodger — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:23:27 +0000

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Now that the U.S. election is over, the economy is back in the spotlight. Earlier this week, pre-election excitement sent the economy on an ascent; following the election, the markets tracked back their gains. On Wednesday, copper, considered a key indicator of economic health, was down five per [...]

Copper's wild ride

Mike Rodger — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:40:14 +0000

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News It has been a volatile week for copper prices. On Wednesday, copper tumbled to its lowest price since March 2006 over concern of a global recession. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) closed at US$5,240 per tonne. Later on Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve, European [...]

As week closes, negative market sentiments extend to copper

Mike Rodger — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:59:39 +0000

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper started the week on the upside with the dollar’s decline instigating gains that strong- armed the market catastrophe’s negative sentiment. As the week progressed though, copper futures ended lower as global economic growth concerns and further turmoil in financials weighed on sentiment. Copper prices were [...]

Copper Rises in London

Mike Rodger — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:32:29 +0000

Thanks to a weaker dollar and after a four day low copper has risen again. There was also an increase of inventories marked for removal from LME registered warehouses, which is is the highest since April. Equity markets also advanced after the world’s largest central banks said they will pump $180 billion into the financial [...]