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Copper Surges, Gold Rises

Ivaylo
04 May, 2007
New York City

    Copper futures reached new highs in New York on Thursday, supported by ongoing warehouse inventory depletions and labor unrest in Peru. Fund buying saw gold and other precious metals rise. On the Chicago Board of Trade, corn futures ended higher, but missed highs reached earlier in the session as worries over planting delays in the Midwest underpinned prices.

[R]5:00AM Copper futures surge Thursday, gold and silver edge higher on fund-buying.[/R]
The most active July copper contract rallied 8.20 cents higher to end at $3.7265 per pound on the New York Mercantile Exchange. June gold addedp $9.30to close at $684.40 a troy ounce, while July silver advanced 17.5 cents to finish at $13.51. July platinum settled up $11.70 at $1,310.80 an ounce, while June palladium ended up $1.55 at $376.50 an ounce.

The June crude oil contract declined 49 cents to close at $63.19 a barrel after trading at $64.09 a barrel. The June heating oil contract lost 0.73 cent to finish at $1.8453 a gallon. June gasoline edged 1.50 cent higher at $2.2476 a gallon. June natural gas settled up 21.7 cents at $7.947 per million British thermal units.

On the New York Board of Trade, July Arabica coffee dipped 0.30 cent to end at $1.0440 a pound. Most-active July cocoa settled up $24 at $1,879 a metric ton. Futures on raw sugar in foreign ports for July climbed 0.15 cent to end at 9.29 cents a pound, with October up 0.11 cent at 9.54 cents. May corn gained 7.75 cents to $3.79.75 per bushel, July settled 7.25 cents higher at $3.89.25.

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