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European Commodity Markets Weekly 25 April 2024

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Copper prices have increased over the past month but are not running away on the upside. Copper is a bellwether metal that many market participants monitor for clues about the health and well-being of the global economy.

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Copper has been consolidating between $3.50 and $4.00 per pound since late April 2023. At just over $3.85 per pound on July 13, now could be the perfect time to begin buying copper as the prospects for higher prices remain compelling.

The base metals sector includes copper, aluminum, nickel, lead, zinc, and tin, the nonferrous metals that trade on the London Metals Exchange. While the CME’s COMEX division offers a liquid copper futures contract, the LME is the world’s leading base metals exchange. In Q2, base metals prices declined.

The base metals sector includes copper, aluminum, nickel, lead, zinc, and tin, the nonferrous metals that trade on the London Metals Exchange. While the CME’s COMEX division offers a liquid copper futures contract, the LME is the world’s leading base metals exchange. In Q2, base metals prices declined.

Copper prices continue to make lower lows after reaching a record $5.01 per pound high in March 2022. The copper market’s technical trend remains bearish, but fundamentals do not support the red metal’s current path of least resistance.

Fundamental supply and demand analysis finds support from technical analysis; the case for higher or lower prices can be compelling. It creates market confusion when they diverge, leading to sudden and potentially violent price volatility. Copper’s fundamentals remain bullish, but the technical picture has turned ugly.