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Market News:
Metals News:
Metal Prices:
-- Copper gained $193.75, or 2.7 percent, to $7,459.75 a metric
ton by 7:40 a.m. on the London Metal Exchange. Relative Strength
Index 23.94.
-- Aluminum advanced 1.8 percent to $2,244 a ton. RSI 33.8.
-- Zinc jumped 2.7 percent to $1,931.50 a ton. RSI 31.1.
-- Lead surged 4.3 percent to $1,958 a ton. RSI 29.4.
-- Nickel advanced 4.2 percent to $18,750 a ton. RSI 34.9.
-- Tin jumped 5 percent to $21,350 a ton. RSI 37.8.
Other markets:
Last % Change % YTD
U.S. Dollar Index 77.978 -0.5 -1.3
Crude oil $82.38 2.6 -9.9
Gold $1,649.13 1.5 16.1
MSCI World Index 1,117.29 0.7 -12.7
Economic events:
Forecast Prior Time
(London)
S&P/CS Composite-20 YoY JUL -4.40% -4.52% 14:00
U.S. Consumer Confidence SEP 46.0 44.5 15:00
U.S. Richmond Fed Manufact. Index SEP -11 -10 15:00
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