The base metals were all gushing green on Monday. Copper had another strong day, pushing steadily higher from the pre-dawn hours through the day and finishing at its intraday high of $2.2858/lb., up 12 2/3 cents.
The base metals were all basking in the green again on Friday. Copper had another strong day, pushing steadily higher from the pre-dawn hours to the noon hour, after which it came off a little to finish at $2.1688/lb., up 4 cents.
The base metals were all luxuriating in positive territory on Thursday. Copper pushed steadily higher from the early pre-dawn hours straight through the day, finishing just off its intraday highs at $2.129/lb., up 5 1/3 cents.
The base metals were nearly all in the red on Wednesday. Copper held up until the noon hour, but fell off steeply after that, finishing at its intraday low of $2.0752/lb., down more than 3¾ cents.
The base metals were mostly in positive territory on Tuesday. Copper fell all through the pre-dawn hours, but once New York opened it was all on the opposite direction, as it finished just off its intraday highs at $2.1137/lb., up just short of 4 cents from Friday.
The base metals were all green shoots on Friday. Copper started up in the pre-dawn hours and, except for a late morning downblip, maintained momentum through the day to finish at $2.0741/lb., up 6¼ cents.
The base metals were adrift on a red sea on Thursday. Copper declined steadily from the pre-dawn hours through the noon hour, after which it edged back up over the $2 mark to finish at $2.0121/lb., down 6 2/3 cents.
The base metals were mixed again on Wednesday. Copper was only slightly higher until the New York open, when it busted up to its peak of $2.09 in the late morning, then subsided to finish at $2.0756/lb., up better than 3 cents. Nickel was up and down sharply all day, to little effect as it closed at $5.6442/lb., up a penny and a quarter.
The base metals were mixed on Tuesday. Copper was up sharply in the pre-dawn hours, peaking near $2.09 at the New York open and, though it then gave up most of its gains, stayed just in the green to finish at $2.0442/lb., up three-quarters of a cent.
The base metals were modestly higher on Monday. Copper slogged along below $1.98 until the late pre-dawn hours, but pushed upward from there to finish at its intraday high of $2.0374/lb., up 4 cents.
