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Copper Up, Gold Down

Ivaylo
07 Sep, 2001
Metals

    Invetors mentioned technical factors, apparent short covering in Shanghai and a strong U.S. service-sector survey for the rise of copper. An unwinding of short positions in Shanghai trading lately appears to be lending some overall support to prices. Gold futures fell on profit-taking and a firm dollar Wednesday at the NYME.

[R]5:00AM Copper futures rise on short covering, gold slips on profit-taking.[/R]
The top-traded December gold ended $5.10 lower at $641.80 a troy ounce on Wednesday. The top-traded December silver contract closed 6 cents higher at $13.20. The contract reached a session high of $13.35. October platinum lost $4.50 at $1,275 an ounce while December palladium finished $4.15 higher at $359.55 an ounce. The most-active December copper contract advanced 5.50 cents to close at $3.6795 per pound.

Crude oil for October delivery closed $1.10 lower at $67.50 a barrel. Gasoline for October delivery lost 0.65 cent to end at $1.6400 a gallon. Heating oil for October delivery sank 2.53 cents to $1.9110 a gallon abd October natural gas declined 4.5 cents to settle at $5.994 a million British thermal units.

On the New York Board of Trade, Arabica coffee futures for December finished up 0.05 cent at $1.1035 a pound and March gained 0.05 cent to $1.1415. October futures of raw sugar in foreign ports advanced 0.15 cent to close at 11.64 cents a pound.

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