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Single Trader Holds as Much as 80% of Copper on London Market, WSJ Says

Dec 1, 2010 09:51

Dec 1 (Bloomberg) -- A single trader holds between 50 percent and 80 percent of London Metal Exchange’s copper stocks, the Wall Street Journal said, citing the exchange’s daily warrant banding report.

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