The base metals were mixed again on Wednesday. Copper sagged through the pre-dawn hours, but recaptured the lost ground during the New York session, finishing at $3.6395/lb., up a penny and a half.

The base metals were mostly higher on Friday. Copper rose during the pre-dawn hours, peaking at $3.73 near the New York open, then slid for most of the rest of the day, finishing at $3.6965/lb., up 9 cents.

The base metals were mixed again on Thursday. Copper sank during the pre-dawn hours and fought its way back during the New York session though it fell short of positive territory at $3.6068/lb., down more than a penny and a third.

The base metals were mixed again on Wednesday. Copper had some big ups and downs but in the end was little changed as it finished at $3.6206/lb., down a penny and a half.

The blahs seem to have taken firm hold of the industrial metals, with yesterday being a day of little change, just like Monday.

The base metals were mixed on Monday. Copper was off in the pre-dawn hours but rallied back during the New York session yesterday, to finish little changed at $3.6665/lb., down just over a tenth of a cent.

The base metals were mostly in positive territory on Friday. Copper struggled mightily to turn in a positive day yesterday, rallying twice off of steep drops, and it eventually succeeded, finishing at $3.6679/lb., up 2 2/3 cents.

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The base metals endured a serious bloodbath on Thursday. Copper fell off a cliff at the open of the New York session and never recovered, finishing at its intraday low of $3.6416/lb., down 10½ cents.

The base metals were all mired in the red again on Wednesday. Copper nosedived from the pre-dawn hours to the open of the New York session, bottoming at $3.69 before cutting about half its losses to finish at $3.7464/lb., down 5 1/3 cents.