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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 06/12/09 Change % 12/31/08 6/12/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7143 -0.0016 -0.2%
Cx Silver $11.27 $14.87 $3.60 31.9%
Cx Gold $883.60 $940.10 $56.50 6.4%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.3675 $0.9725 69.7% 31,075 53,091 22,016 70.8%
LME Copper $1.3930 $2.3768 $0.9838 70.6% 339,775 290,275 -49,500 -14.6%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 60,647 42,825 240.3%
Total Copper 388,672 404,013 15,341 3.9%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.7443 $0.0843 12.8% 2,328,900 4,269,850 1,940,950 83.3%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.8147 $0.3842 89.2% 45,150 82,125 36,975 81.9%
LME Tin $4.6970 $7.1214 $2.4244 51.6% 7,790 16,035 8,245 105.8%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $7.0760 $2.1727 44.3% 78,390 108,948 30,558 39.0%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.7584 $0.2504 49.3% 253,500 329,975 76,475 30.2%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through June 12, 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.