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Copper slips on profit taking ahead of Fed meeting

Copper slips on profit taking ahead of Fed meeting

  • Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange dropped 2.1% to $8,956.50 a tonne in official trading.
  • Copper hit a 9-1/2 year peak last month of $9,617, having surged by 24% since the start of the year.
Updated 16 Mar, 2021 10:03pm
Copper rises towards 10-year highs as bullish mood grips markets
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Copper rises towards 10-year highs as bullish mood grips markets

  • With Chinese equities up around 2.5%, the US Dow Jones Index at record levels and European stocks reaching a one-year high, benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 2.1% at $9,048 a tonne in official trading.
  • Copper, used in power and construction, reached $9,617 a tonne in February as analysts warned that demand from China, green energy and electrification will outstrip supply.
Published 11 Mar, 2021 07:06pm
Copper leaps to 9-year high as China accelerates metals rally
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Copper leaps to 9-year high as China accelerates metals rally

  • Other industrial metals also jumped, with aluminium at its highest since 2018, nickel its strongest since 2014, tin its strongest since 2012 and lead its highest since 2019.
  • Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 2.9% at $8,631 a tonne in official trading after touching $8,633. Prices are up around 10% this month.
Published 18 Feb, 2021 08:10pm
Copper at one-month high on stimulus hopes, soft dollar
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Copper at one-month high on stimulus hopes, soft dollar

  • Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) added 1.1% to trade at $8,132 per tonne in official trading.
  • Its a macro-driven story for copper at the moment. Market participants are euphoric and equities are at record highs, pushing commodities up.
Updated 09 Feb, 2021 10:02pm
Chile says manufacturing up 0.4%, copper output down in December
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Chile says manufacturing up 0.4%, copper output down in December

  • Meanwhile the South American country's copper output declined 8.7% to 506,891 tonnes in December, INE said on Friday.
  • Chile's major copper industry was one of the least affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, despite restrictions imposed to try to contain the spread of the virus.
Published 29 Jan, 2021 08:01pm
Firmer dollar, equities sell-off push Shanghai copper to 1-month low
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Firmer dollar, equities sell-off push Shanghai copper to 1-month low

  • The most-traded March copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange dropped as much as 2% to 57,620 yuan ($8,895.82) a tonne, a level unseen since Dec. 23, 2020.
  • Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange edged 0.1% lower to $7,818 a tonne, and nickel fell 1.4% to $17,660 a tonne and tin shed 1% to $22,575 a tonne.
Published 28 Jan, 2021 07:43pm