LME copper trading volumes fall 17% year on year in Oct.

Nov 06, 2012 | 11:55 AM | Mark Burton

Tags  LME, trading volumes, copper contracts, copper prices, copper, lead, tin, nickel zinc

LONDON — Copper contract trading volumes on the London Metal Exchange fell in October, marking the third consecutive month that volumes have dropped on a year-on-year basis.

Copper contract trading volumes fell to 2.69 million lots in October, down 13.8 percent from 3.12 million lots in September and nearly 17 percent below the almost 3.24 million lots traded in October 2011.....





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