COPPER 01.06.2012:- Copper sank on Thursday to its lowest price of 2012,
slammed by a surging dollar, slower demand outlook
and investor flight from risk after a raft of soft U.S.
data compounded an already-fragile growth outlook
linked to Europe's worsening debt and political crisis.
• Copper fell 11 percent in May.
• Prices of the red metal fell along with the euro, which
fell to a 23-month low against the dollar on concerns
about Spain and its troubled banking sector and
uncertainty in front of Friday's U.S. employment
report for May.
• But the pace of selling in copper slowed and prices
recovered a portion of their earlier losses after a Wall
Street Journal story said the European department
of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has started
discussing contingency plans for a rescue loan to
Spain.
• Investors shunned risk after a batch of disappointing
U.S. data, including weekly jobless claims,
manufacturing in the U.S. Midwest, and a lower
revision to overall economic growth pointed to a
slowdown in the recovery. (NEAL BHAI 9999974733)
slammed by a surging dollar, slower demand outlook
and investor flight from risk after a raft of soft U.S.
data compounded an already-fragile growth outlook
linked to Europe's worsening debt and political crisis.
• Copper fell 11 percent in May.
• Prices of the red metal fell along with the euro, which
fell to a 23-month low against the dollar on concerns
about Spain and its troubled banking sector and
uncertainty in front of Friday's U.S. employment
report for May.
• But the pace of selling in copper slowed and prices
recovered a portion of their earlier losses after a Wall
Street Journal story said the European department
of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has started
discussing contingency plans for a rescue loan to
Spain.
• Investors shunned risk after a batch of disappointing
U.S. data, including weekly jobless claims,
manufacturing in the U.S. Midwest, and a lower
revision to overall economic growth pointed to a
slowdown in the recovery. (NEAL BHAI 9999974733)