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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 04/17/09 Change % 12/31/08 4/17/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7677 0.0518 7.2%
Cx Silver $11.27 $11.79 $0.52 4.6%
Cx Gold $883.60 $867.40 -$16.20 -1.8%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.2115 $0.8165 58.5% 31,075 43,131 12,056 38.8%
LME Copper $1.3930 $2.1432 $0.7502 53.9% 339,775 469,625 129,850 38.2%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 22,705 4,883 27.4%
Total Copper 388,672 535,461 146,789 37.8%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.6536 -$0.0064 -1.0% 2,328,900 3,666,125 1,337,225 57.4%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.6917 $0.2612 60.7% 45,150 60,675 15,525 34.4%
LME Tin $4.6970 $5.5338 $0.8368 17.8% 7,790 11,800 4,010 51.5%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $5.6382 $0.7349 15.0% 78,390 105,396 27,006 34.5%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.6813 $0.1733 34.1% 253,500 347,200 93,700 37.0%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through April 17, 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.
