Base metals were higher on Friday. Copper rose 0.26 cents to close at $2.4919/lb. Nickel gained nearly 23 cents to finish at $7.5266/lb. Zinc climbed almost one penny, ending at $0.7530/lb. Aluminum added a cent and a half, closing at $0.7957/lb., while lead moved to $0.7880/lb., up a penny and a half from the previous session.
Base metals were mixed on Thursday. Copper fell 1.25 cents to close at $2.4893/lb. Nickel gained just over 1 cent to finish at $7.2998/lb. Zinc lost almost one penny, ending at $0.7450/lb. Aluminum rose a cent and change, closing at $0.7798/lb., while lead moved to $0.7719/lb., down half a penny from the previous session.
Base metals were up on Wednesday. Copper climbed 6.44 cents to close at $2.5018/lb. Nickel gained more than 15 cents to finish at $7.2885/lb. Zinc added nearly two pennies, ending at $0.7529/lb. Aluminum rose half a cent, closing at $0.7685/lb., while lead moved to $0.7666/lb., up a penny and three-quarters from the previous session.
Base metals were mostly down on Tuesday. Copper fell 0.68 cents to close at $2.4374/lb. Nickel dropped more than 21 cents to finish at $7.1320/lb. Zinc lost three-quarters of a penny, ending at $0.7357/lb. Aluminum added less than a quarter of a cent, closing at $0.7634/lb., while lead moved to $0.7493/lb., down more than a penny from the previous session.
Base metals all posted mediocre gains on Friday. Copper climbed 2.72 cents to close at $2.4082/lb. Nickel added nearly 4 cents to finish at $7.2507/lb. Zinc gained more than 3 pennies, ending at $0.7182/lb. Aluminum tacked on more almost 1 cent, closing at $0.7589/lb., while lead moved to $0.7533/lb., up almost three-and-a-half pennies from the previous session.
Base metals were (mostly) slightly higher on Thursday. Copper gained 6.35 cents to close at $2.2069/lb. Nickel fell by nearly 2 cents to finish at $6.7139/lb. Zinc was little changed, ending at $0.6780/lb. Aluminum rose by nearly a cent, closing at $0.7014/lb., while lead moved to $0.7319/lb., up more than half a cent from the previous session.
The base metals were all dripping red and plenty of it on Wednesday. Copper held steady until just before the New York open, then pitched forward on its face, with a slight late push off its intraday lows leading to a finish at $2.1411, down 7 cents.
The base metals were mostly lower on Tuesday. Copper had rallied from the late pre-dawn hours to mid-morning, pushing past $2.27, but then fell off sharply to noon before edging a bit higher late to finish at $2.2114, down almost 2 cents.
The base metals were all well into the red on Monday. Copper had a completely U-shaped day, with the bottom near the New York open, and finished at $2.2302, down 4½ cents from Thursday.
The base metals were mostly lower on Thursday. Copper sank from the pre-dawn hours to mid-morning, bottoming at $2.24, but rallied back from there to finish at $2.2754/lb., down more than 3½ cents.