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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Monday Market Monitor - Metals - WEEK 27 - Confidence is back

Base metals at LME climbed last week buoyed by recovering risk appetite after a rally in global equities underpinned by expectations of robust corporate earnings.

London Metal Exchange Rates
Cash Buyer
Product 01-Jul 08-Jul Change %

Zinc 1726 1829 103 6%

Nickel 19125 19300 175 1%

Tin 17400 17665 265 2%

Aluminium 1928 1976 49 3%

Copper 6353 6641 288 5%



Change is on July 8th 2010 as compared to July 1st 2010
In USD per tonne

1. Zinc

London Metal Exchange Rates
Cash Buyer
01-Jul 05-Jul 06-Jul 07-Jul 08-Jul

1726 1764 1814 1809 1829



In USD per tonne

Date Rate Period Change

08-Jul 1829

01-Jul 1726 WoW 5.97%

08-Jun 1623 MoM 12.73%

08-Apr 2324 QoQ -21.30%

08-Jul'09 1517 YoY 20.57%



In USD per tonne

2. Nickel

London Metal Exchange Rates
Cash Buyer
01-Jul 05-Jul 06-Jul 07-Jul 08-Jul

19125 18770 18850 18980 19300



In USD per tonne

Date Rate Period Change

08-Jul 19300

01-Jul 19125 WoW 0.92%

08-Jun 17950 MoM 7.52%

08-Apr 24435 QoQ -21.01%

08-Jul'09 15445 YoY 24.96%



In USD per tonne

3. Tin

London Metal Exchange Rates
Cash Buyer
01-Jul 05-Jul 06-Jul 07-Jul 08-Jul

17400 17245 17430 17600 17665



In USD per tonne

Date Rate Period Change

08-Jul 17665

01-Jul 17400 WoW 1.52%

08-Jun 15825 MoM 11.63%

08-Apr 18575 QoQ -4.90%

08-Jul'09 14100 YoY 25.28%



In USD per tonne

4. Aluminium

London Metal Exchange Rates
Cash Buyer
01-Jul 05-Jul 06-Jul 07-Jul 08-Jul

1928 1910 1945 1954 1976



In USD per tonne

Date Rate Period Change

08-Jul 1976

01-Jul 1928 WoW 2.52%

08-Jun 1850 MoM 6.81%

08-Apr 2295 QoQ -13.90%

08-Jul'09 1561 YoY 26.59%



In USD per tonne

5. Copper

London Metal Exchange Rates
Cash Buyer
01-Jul 05-Jul 06-Jul 07-Jul 08-Jul

6353 6439 6522 6545 6641



In USD per tonne

Date Rate Period Change

08-Jul 6641

01-Jul 6353 WoW 4.53%

08-Jun 6091 MoM 9.03%

08-Apr 7795 QoQ -14.81%

08-Jul'09 4849 YoY 36.95%



In USD per tonne

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