Copper
Yahoo Finance, delayed · updated
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Copper is up 0.08% over the day, now $6.58. Over 30 days −0.6%.
Mixed picture. Price is above its long-term average: the long trend points up. The dollar is strengthening, which usually weighs on this asset.
Fed rate decision, Oct 28 (market prices: hold 84%).
Price history
Daily closes · Yahoo Finance
Key numbers
- Price
- $6.58
- Previous close
- $6.57
- 7 days
- −1.79%
- 30 days
- −0.55%
- 1 year
- +33.40%
- 52-week high
- $6.83
- 52-week low
- $4.90
- 200-day average
- $6.18
- Quote time
- Oct 19, 11:54 UTC
- Source
- Yahoo Finance (delayed)
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What is Copper?
"Dr. Copper": the metal traders use to judge the health of global industry.
What moves the price of Copper?
Chinese demand, construction and electrification, mining in Chile and Peru.
Where do the numbers on this page come from and how often do they update?
Delayed Yahoo Finance quotes refreshed every few hours. Macro from FRED (St. Louis Fed), company filings from SEC EDGAR. Each block names its source.
How do I trade Copper?
Through a broker as a CFD: a contract on the price difference, not buying the asset itself. Leveraged CFDs are very risky and most retail accounts lose money on them.
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