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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 05/15/09 Change % 12/31/08 5/15/2009 Change %
$US / Euro 0.7159 0.7412 0.0253 3.5%
Cx Silver $11.27 $13.99 $2.72 24.1%
Cx Gold $883.60 $930.90 $47.30 5.4%
Cx Copper $1.3950 $2.0280 $0.6330 45.4% 31,075 44,916 13,841 44.5%
LME Copper $1.3930 $1.9722 $0.5792 41.6% 339,775 357,800 18,025 5.3%
Shanghai Copper 17,822 35,389 17,567 98.6%
Total Copper 388,672 438,105 49,433 12.7%
LME Aluminum $0.6600 $0.6700 $0.0100 1.5% 2,328,900 3,935,975 1,607,075 69.0%
LME Lead $0.4305 $0.6450 $0.2145 49.8% 45,150 73,250 28,100 62.2%
LME Tin $4.6970 $6.2482 $1.5512 33.0% 7,790 13,505 5,715 73.4%
LME Nickel $4.9033 $5.5701 $0.6668 13.6% 78,390 110,202 31,812 40.6%
LME Zinc $0.5080 $0.6622 $0.1542 30.4% 253,500 323,825 70,325 27.7%
Click on the link belowto findThe Copper Journal’s weekly chart update through May 15, 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.
