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 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 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.

The base metals were all in positive territory on Tuesday. Copper started up in the pre-dawn hours and rose straight through to late morning, coming just off its intraday high late to finish at $3.9782/lb., up 6 cents.