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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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
India copper futures cuts back the previous day’s gains on Wednesday as higher inventory in the London Metal Exchange pressured the red metal. Pranav Mer, an analyst with India Infoline in Mumbai, stated: Currently, it is just profit-taking at resistance levels. For full story, click here
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Friday, March 13, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News As economic malaise spread around the globe; silver and gold stocks became top performers. Worried investors flocked to both metals as a means to safe guard their investments as stocks, bonds and currencies became increasingly volatile. Copper investments were not appealing. Copper, fundamental to the transfer [...]
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
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 [...]
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Monday, March 2, 2009
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 [...]
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
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 [...]
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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 [...]
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Friday, November 28, 2008
Copper inventories in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 8 percent in the week to Thursday, while aluminium stocks fell 1 percent. In LME. For full story, click here
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