Медь достигла сегодня пятимесячного максимума, впервые перешагнув 7000 за тонну. Говорят Китай требует немерянно .
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Copper futures climbed more than 4% Tuesday to close at their highest level in five months, piggybacking on growing global demand and concerns over falling supplies.
At the same time, gold futures finished lower in a volatile session on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with traders tracking weakness in the oil market and shrugging off strength in other metals.
On the London Metal Exchange, copper prices traded well above the 200-day moving average around the $6,900 mark and closed at $6,970, according to Martin Hayes, an analyst at BaseMetals.com.
"This triggered systems-based CTA [Commodity Trader Advisor] buying today, with fundamental support seen from falling inventories and expectations of increased consumption in the seasonally strong second quarter, notably from China," he said in e-mailed comments.
Against this backdrop, copper for May delivery climbed as high as $3.3175 a pound in Nymex trading. The contract closed at its highest level since Nov. 9, up 4.3%, or 13.55 cents, at $3.3145 a pound.
LME copper supplies fell by 1,225 metric tons to 179,850 metric tons on Tuesday, Hayes said.
And on the Nymex, copper supplies fell 52 short tons to stand at 36,386 short tons as of late Monday.