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Copper Gains as BRIC Easing May Boost Demand: LME Preview

By Maria Kolesnikova - 2012-01-24T08:03:41Z

Copper may gain in London after India’s central bank joined BRIC nations in aiding growth by unexpectedly cutting the cash reserve ratio and signaling future interest-rate cuts, boosting demand outlook for the metal.

Market News:

Metals News:

Metal Prices:

-- Copper rose 0.2 percent to $8,380 a metric ton
at 7:38 a.m. on the London Metal Exchange. Relative Strength
Index 67.
-- Aluminum gained 0.4 percent to $2,247 a ton. RSI 67.
-- Zinc jumped 0.8 percent to $2,076 a ton. RSI 70.
-- Lead gained 0.3 percent to $2,251.50 a ton. RSI 70.
-- Nickel gained 0.7 percent to $20,450 a ton. RSI 68.
-- Tin rose 0.3 percent to $22,222 a ton. RSI 71.


Other Markets:
                     Last           % Change       % YTD
U.S. Dollar Index   79.805            0.0           -0.5
Crude oil           $99.76            0.2            0.9
Gold                $1,676.10        -0.1            7.2
MSCI World Index    1,241.57         -0.1            5.0


Economic events:
                                    Forecast    Prior     Time
                                                        (London)
Germany PMI Manufacturing     JAN     49.0       48.4      8:30
EC PMI Manufacturing DEC      JAN     47.3       46.9      9:00
U.S. Richmond Fed Manufact.   JAN        6          3     15:00




To contact the reporter on this story:
Maria Kolesnikova in London at 
mkolesnikova@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Claudia Carpenter at 
ccarpenter2@bloomberg.net