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The Copper Journal, a monthly publication, is a compendium of key fundamental, economic and financial indicators of the global metals markets.
Closing values and year-to-date changes are:
Prices Inventories MT
12/31/08 04/03/09 Change % 12/31/08 4/3/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7414 0.0255 3.6%
Cx Silver $11.27 $12.73 $1.46 13.0%
Cx Gold $883.60 $895.60 $12.00 1.4%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $1.9995 $0.6045 43.3% 31,075 42,386 11,311 36.4%
LME Copper $1.3930 $1.8733 $0.4803 34.5% 339,775 502,150 162,375 47.8%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 22,908 5,086 28.5%
Total Copper 388,672 567,444 178,772 46.0%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.6396 -$0.0204 -3.1% 2,328,900 3,471,800 1,142,900 49.1%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.5820 $0.1515 35.2% 45,150 61,100 15,950 35.3%
LME Tin $4.6970 $4.9895 $0.2925 6.2% 7,790 11,715 3,925 50.4%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $4.6765 -$0.2268 -4.6% 78,390 107,340 28,950 36.9%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.5956 $0.0876 17.2% 253,500 349,875 96,375 38.0%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through April 3, 2009.
Note: The green line on the chart is the 200 day moving average. The red lines are points of support and resistance. If one market is closed while the other is open, the prior day settlement will be used for the market that is closed in order to maintain consistency in the price charts.
