Copper Futures May Fall for 4th Week on Expanding Production
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Copper futures may fall for the fourth straight week on the possibility that mining companies will boost production at a faster pace than demand will grow from China and the US, the two biggest users.
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NEW YORK - Concerns about slowing growth in China sparked a selloff in commodities futures this past week, but some Wall Street watchers remain bullish about companies that produce what's called "stuff" - goods like oil, metals and timber.    Many analysts believe oil prices are overextended, and speculation is likely to keep other raw materials volatile for the near future, as well; in a vivid illustration of this, copper hit a 15-year high on Wednesday only to tumble to a five-week low on Thursday...
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Shanghai copper fell nearly 2 percent  on Monday as heavy snow in parts of China and next week's long  holiday slowed demand, while investors elsewhere braced for a  busy week of data that could wreck budding market confidence.
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Shanghai copper fell nearly 2 percent on Monday as heavy snow in parts of China and next week's long holiday slowed demand, while investors elsewhere braced for a busy week of data that could wreck budding market confidence.
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Many analysts expect the declines to be temporary and believe futures will continue their assault on price records in the days ahead.
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Copper prices fall for the second day running amid fears of falling demand from key markets in China and the US.
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OPEC will consider raising its average price band at a meeting next week, but has forecast crude prices to fall by up to a third once elections in the US and Iraq are completed.
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Strike copper to see why stock prices don't keep up with much higher trade prices.
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London Metal Exchange (LME) copper recouped earlier losses to finish Wednesday&#39;s open outcry trade unchanged, getting little direction from a mixed set of US economic data.
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A new reporting period for company earnings kicks into gear this week, giving investors a bit of hard data to chew on, and markets could be volatile if the price of crude oil stays north of &#36;50 a barrel.
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Soaring crude prices plus worries  about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to  hang over the stock market this week during the depth of the  summer doldrums.
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: Crude futures fell again today, extending a decline over the past two weeks on the belief that rising US oil supplies will meet demand for the Northern Hemisphere winter.
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As the Federal Reserve warns about the risk of inflation, a report this Wednesday on fourth-quarter productivity could carry considerable weight.
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Heading into the heart of earnings season this week the expected results look robust, but a slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.
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The selloff in crude oil futures continued for a fourth straight day Friday, with prices skidding below $43 a barrel to roughly 14 percent below where they were at the beginning of the week.
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NYMEX crude oil futures were down  slightly at just under $46 a barrel on Tuesday but traders said  prices were likely to resume their rise later in the week if  U.S. inventories fall as expected.
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Phelps Dodge Corp. PD.N, the  world's largest publicly traded copper producer, on Thursday  posted a third-quarter profit on sky-high copper prices, but  shares fell about 4 percent on concerns that China's rate rise  would dampen demand.