Monday, June 25, 2012

COPPER 25.06.2012 NEWS

Copper eked out small gains in quiet New York trade on


Friday on a spate of technical buying after prices hit

multi-week lows earlier in the session as they were

dragged down by a lower London market and by weak

German and U.S. data.

• London dropped to six-month lows on Friday only

managing to pare some losses late in the day. A

downgrade to some of the world's leading banks

deepened concerns about the global economy and

demand for raw materials.

• Friday's minor gains in New York did little to offset the

ailing market's woes though, with prices down almost 2.5

percent on the week. Despair over the stalemate in

Europe regarding the debt crisis and weakening demand

for the red metal with high stockpiles in China have sent

prices lower every week except one since the start of

May.

• Prices fell over 2.6 percent on Thursday amid

disappointment that the U.S. Federal Reserve chose to

plow more money into bond buying to revive the world's

largest economy, rather than implementing a third round

of stimulus which, would have provided a greater boost to

copper demand.

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