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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 06/05/09 Change % 12/31/08 6/5/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7161 0.0002 0.0%
Cx Silver $11.27 $15.38 $4.11 3 6.5%
Cx Gold $883.60 $961.70 $78.10 8.8%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.2810 $0.8860 63.5% 31,075 51,544 20,469 65.9%
LME Copper $1.3930 $2.2929 $0.8999 64.6% 339,775 299,975 -39,800 -11.7%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 45,480 27,658 155.2%
Total Copper 388,672 396,999 8,327 2.1%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.7058 $0.0458 6.9% 2,328,900 4,237,325 1,908,425 81.9%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.7502 $0.3197 74.3% 45,150 81,175 36,025 79.8%
LME Tin $4.6970 $6.6792 $1.9822 42.2% 7,790 15,745 7,955 102.1%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $6.6247 $1.7214 35.1% 78,390 108,672 30,282 38.6%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.7053 $0.1973 38.8% 253,500 324,775 71,275 28.1%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through June 5, 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.