Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Copper Drops on Speculation U.S. Use to Weaken; Tin Trades at 18-Year High

(Bloomberg) -- Copper dropped in London for the first time in three trading sessions on speculation consumption in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal, will weaken on lower housing demand. Tin traded at an 18-year high.

An index of U.S. homebuilders' confidence fell to the lowest level of the year this month, the Washington-based National Association of Home Builders said yesterday. A report on March housing starts, due today, may indicate a decline, a Bloomberg survey showed.


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