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Copper edges lower on dollar strength, weak China demand outlook

Copper futures alleviated on Wednesday, as a more powerful dollar and weak demand outlook in top customer China weighed on the market.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.4% at $9,533 per metric heap since 0220 GMT.

The dollar was company on Wednesday and trading on the precipice of the 160-yen barrier as investors turned careful and counted down to the release of U.S. rate data at the end of the week.

A firmer dollar makes greenback-priced metals more costly to holders of other currencies.

The most-traded July copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was down 1.5% at 77,630 yuan ($ 10,684.60) a. load.

The red metal has been under pressure in recent days. following weak financial information, ANZ Research stated in a note.

The global outlook for manufacturing stays poor after. flash PMIs in Europe and the United States. This has actually been intensified by. rising inventories for metals such as aluminium, copper and. nickel.

LME aluminium was 0.2% lower at $2,490 a heap, nickel. edged up 0.3% to $17,210, zinc slipped 0.1% to. $ 2,868, lead alleviated 0.1% to $2,207, and tin fell. 1.4% at $31,805.

SHFE aluminium eased 0.8% to 20,195 yuan a lot,. nickel fell 0.5% to 134,220 yuan, lead was up. 1.4% to 19,125 yuan while zinc was down 0.04% to 23,690. yuan and tin slumped 3.5% to 263,320 yuan.

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(source: Reuters)