Base metals prices mixed in LME officials as Euro slides

Apr 30, 2012 | 09:22 AM |

Base metals pricesstaged a mixed performance in Monday’s official trading on the London Metal Exchange, as copper, aluminium and nickel tracked the euro and European equity markets lower. Three-month copper settled at $8,376/377 per tonne compared with $8,440 per tonne at the open. The contract traded to an intraday high of $8,496.75 per tonne per tonne and dipped as low as $8,347.25....





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