Overnight buying in China pumps up Comex copper

Dec 26, 2007 | 09:42 AM | Sean Barry

Copper on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange edged higher on Wednesday following strong overnight buying in Shanghai.

Copper for March delivery on Comex settled at $3.17 a pound, up from Monday's settlement of $3.1535 a pound.

With many investors still out for the Christmas holidays, trading volumes were extremely thin, with 2,430 lots traded on the March contract by the end of the day.....





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