By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News U.S. copper futures ended lower on Thursday, as a stronger dollar and concerns about economic recovery weighed on values. Higher than expected unemployment figures, coupled with weak housing figures triggered fears that an economic recovery is still far off. A rising greenback further cooled the copper [...]
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 [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News A battery of economic data pulled copper in every direction this week; U.S. copper futures retreated from a near three week high Wednesday morning, as a mixed report from the housing sector boosted the greenback. Consumer confidence sent copper on a rally Tuesday, overshadowing the weak [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper futures fell more than 2 per cent Monday on worries that demand from China, the world’s biggest copper consumer, may slow. Copper for July delivery lost 5.7 cents to close at $2.0885 a pound on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Last [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper’s rapid ascent in 2009 reopened the question- are we there yet? Since the economic crisis started everyone has been seeking the answer to the elusive question- have we hit the bottom? The red metal, considered a barometer of economic health, has rallied 33 per cent so [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News U.S. copper futures closed with moderate losses on Wednesday but pushed into positive territory in after hours trading following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement to purchase long-term Treasury debt. Copper for May delivery finished $0.75 lower at $1.7165 a lb on the New York Mercantile Exchange’s [...]
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 [...]
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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