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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 07/17/09 Change % 12/31/08 7/17/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7093 -0.0066 -0.9%
Cx Silver $11.27 $13.40 $2.13 18.9%
Cx Gold $883.60 $937.20 $53.60 6.1%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.4140 $1.0190 73.0% 31,075 53,752 22,677 73.0%
LME Copper $1.3930 $2.3723 $0.9793 70.3% 339,775 264,150 -75,625 -22.3%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 53,283 35,461 199.0%
Total Copper 388,672 371,185 -17,487 -4.5%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.7580 $0.0980 14.8% 2,328,900 4,513,225 2,184,325 93.8%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.7276 $0.2971 69.0% 45,150 94,650 49,500 109.6%
LME Tin $4.6970 $5.9761 $1.2791 27.2% 7,790 17,895 10,105 129.7%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $7.2031 $2.2998 46.9% 78,390 108,714 30,324 38.7%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.6895 $0.1815 35.7% 253,500 353,100 99,600 39.3%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through July 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.
