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    I think your chart is hooked into the Copper futures :

    Copper prices rallied on Friday as bearish investors sought to close out bets on lower prices after gains in Chinese stocks inspired a little confidence in the country’s economy.
    The most actively traded contract, for December delivery, rose 1.75 cents, or 0.8%, to settle at $2.3460 a pound on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. This was the highest close since Aug. 14, helping copper to post a weekly gain of 1.8%.
    Copper hit a six-year low on Wednesday after violent downdraft in Chinese stocks exacerbated traders’ fears that China’s slowing economy would slash the country’s demand for copper. With roughly 40% of the world’s copper consumed by China, recent data showing slower exports and manufacturing activity weighed on prices as investors shed the industrial metal. Money managers have been net-bearish on copper futures and options for weeks.
    But a two-day rebound in Chinese equities helped copper prices pull higher. The Shanghai Composite Index rallied 4.8% on Friday amid expectations that pension funds will soon be invested in the stock market.
    Some investors who had wagered that copper prices would fall by selling copper futures returned to the market as buyers to close out those bets, a process called short covering in industry parlance.

    “Action by the Chinese authorities, firm U.S. data and a bounce in stock markets, notably in China, led to short-covering rallies that left base metal prices up,” strategists at BNP Paribas said in a note to clients.
    However, the outlook for copper prices remains dim, with supply from the world’s mines expected to run ahead of global demand in 2015, analysts at Barclays said. They predict a supply overhang of 344,000 metric tons for the year and slashed the copper price forecast to $2.20 a pound for the fourth quarter, from a prior forecast of $2.83 a pound.
    “Excluding North America, the story for copper demand outside of China has been one of weakness from emerging markets and outright contraction in demand from the second- and fourth-largest markets of Europe and Japan,” they said.
    Write to Tatyana Shumsky at [email protected]
 
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