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Gold Up, Copper Down

Ivaylo
31 Aug, 2006
Metals

    While gold and silver advanced on Wednesday, with regard to copper traders were awaiting news about the ongoing strike at Chilean copper mine Escondida throughout the session. The strike, now into its 24th day, has cut copper concentrate production by 50% at the mine.

[R]5:00AM Gold and silver futures advanced Wednesday, while copper fell.[/R]
Gold for December delivery advanced $7 at $626.10 a troy ounce on the NYME, while December silver gained 34.8 cents to $12.67 an ounce. October platinum added $10 to $1,237.50 an ounce and December palladium rose $2.40 to $345.30 an ounce. The top-traded December copper contract settled down 3.15 cents at $3.3525 per pound.

October crude oil gained 32 cents at $70.03 a barrel. September gasoline advanced 1.27 cents to $1.8019 a gallon and September heating oil rose 0.64 cent to $1.9496 a gallon. September natural gas was off 58.6 cents at $6.290 a million British thermal units. On the New York Board of Trade, September Arabica coffee futures ended up 0.05 cent at $1.0335 a pound. Futures on raw sugar in foreign ports for October finished down 0.36 cent at 11.52 cents a pound.

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