lme big green day - ni up 3.6%, cu up 3.9%

Everything is green on the London Metal Exchange tonight. Little by little Nickel is edging up - good rise tonight.

Copper is unstoppable - no pauses for Cu. Chinese New Year well and truely gone and Chinas multitude of factories planning and pumping out orders. Emails from desperate buyers proliferating. When will it stop? After the Olympics? Here are the figures. Check for yourself.

Commodity_traded, Price_US$, Change, %change
FOREX Gold Index 411.40 5.00 1.2
Aluminium Alloy Cash Official 1560.00 32.50 2.1
Aluminium Alloy 3mo Official 1585.00 29.00 1.9
Primary Aluminium Cash Official 1703.50 57.75 3.5
Primary Aluminium 3mo Official 1722.25 58.00 3.5
Copper Cash Official 2707.50 101.00 3.9
Copper 3mo Official 2669.25 85.50 3.3
Lead Cash Official 883.75 19.50 2.3
Lead 3mo Official 849.75 22.25 2.7
North American Special Alum Alloy Cash Official 1657.50 25.00 1.5
North American Special Alum Alloy 3mo Official 1710.00 43.00 2.6
Nickel Cash Official 15632.50 542.50 3.6
Nickel 3mo Official 15555.00 542.50 3.6
Tin Cash Official 6587.50 47.50 0.7
Tin 3mo Official 6572.50 45.00 0.7
Zinc Cash Official 1082.75 27.50 2.6
Zinc 3mo Official 1097.75 25.25 2.4

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