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-- Copper fell $36, or 0.4 percent, to $9,129 a metric ton
at 7:25 a.m. on the London Metal Exchange. Relative Strength
Index 66.3.
-- Aluminum declined 0.2 percent to $2,347 a ton. RSI 52.7.
-- Zinc dropped 1 percent to $2,278 a ton. RSI 51.2.
-- Lead fell 1.6 percent to $2,410 a ton. RSI 53.4.
-- Nickel declined 0.4 percent to $24,296 a ton. RSI 59.6.
-- Tin dropped 1.2 percent to $25,940 a ton. RSI 56.
Other markets: Last % Change % YTD
U.S. Dollar Index 79.773 0.4 2.5
Crude oil $87.65 -0.7 10
Gold $1,390.45 -0.4 27
MSCI World Index 1,264.7 -0.2 8.2
Economic Events:
Forecast Prior Time
(London)
U.S. MBA mortgage applications -- -0.9% 12:00
U.S. consumer price index 0.2% 0.2% 13:30
U.S. empire manufacturing 5.00 11.14 13:30
U.S. industrial production 0.3% 0.0% 14:15
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