LONDONSKA BURZA KOVINA

LONDONSKA BURZA KOVINA: SLUŽBENE CIJENE 31.03.1998. CASHOD CASHDO 3 MJEOD 3 MJE DO NAGO- DBA BAKAR USD/T 1744.5 1745 1771 1771.5 1745 OLOVO USD/T 576 577 576.5 577 577 ALUMINIJ USD/T 1422.5 1423 1449 1450 1423 AL.LEG USD/T 1271 1272 1300 1301 1272 NIKAL USD/T 5530 5535 5635 5640 5535 KOSITAR USD/T 5625 5630 5605 5610 5630 CINK USD/T 1092 1093 1115 1116 1093 VALUTE ODNOS USD/DEM 1.8462 GBP/USD 1.6830 Stanje zaliha obojenih kovina u metričkim tonama 31.03.1998 CINK 470175 - 2025 BAKAR 344000 - 3000 ALUMINIJ 544950 - 100 KOSITAR 7665 - 360 AL.LEGURA 46160 - 80 OLOVO 95625 - 800 NIKAL 64548 + 30 PERIOD BAKAR KOSITAR OLOVO CINK ALUM-INIJ ALUMISIJSKA-LEGURA NIKAL 31/03 344000 7665 95625 470175 544950 46160 64548 27/03 347000 8025 96425 472200 545050 46240 64518 26/03 349375 8335 97125 470925 545175 46060 64488 25/03 350725 8520 97500 472150 545800 46200 64380 24/03 352250 8550 98100 467625 547250 45800 64176 23/03 349825 8740 98900 469200 548700 45980 64338 20/03 353450 8615 99700 470300 551025 46140 64392 19/03 354625 8765 102275 471975 553125 46220 64650 18/03 355325 8580 102975 473600 553000 44400 64890 17/03 355025 8695 103700 475275 552450 44160 64890 informacije: Zoran Popijač telefon: 01/4808-685 fax: 01/4808-821 31/03 LME TIN UP IN OFFICIALS AS TIGHTNESS PROMPTS SHORT COVERING. LONDON (DOW JONES)--TIN PRICES ON THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE WERE HIGHER AT TUESDAY'S OFFICIAL CLOSE ON A FLURRY OF FUND SHORT COVERING, TRIGGERED BY CONTINUED NEARBY TIGHTNESS, TRADERS SAID. COPPER WAS NARROWLY HIGHER AFTER CHALLENGING CHART RESISTANCE AT $1,780 A METRIC TON - ALBEIT BRIEFLY - ON COMMISSION-HOUSE BUYING IN THE PRE- MARKET WHEN EXCHANGE STOCKS WERE REPORTED LOWER. NICKEL WAS ALSO HIGHER, HOLDING CLEAR OF $5,600 DESPITE POCKETS OF HEDGE SELLING. BUT THERE WAS LIMITED FOLLOW-THROUGH FROM MONDAY'S RALLY, TRIGGERED BY RUMORS OF PRODUCTION PROBLEMS AT RUSSIA'S AO NORILSK NICKEL. (LME THREE-MONTHS OFFICIAL PRICE IN DOLLARS A METRIC TON WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL CLOSE IN PARENTHESES. NYMEX COPPER AT 1350 GMT IN CENTS A POUND, WITH PREVIOUS CLOSE IN PARENTHESES.) COPPER 1,771.25 (1,756.50) ZINC 1,115.50 (1,113.50) ALUMINUM 1,449.50 (1,452.50) TIN 5,607.50 (5,547.50) NICKEL 5,637.50 (5,512.50) LEAD 576.75 (575) NYMEX MAY COPPER 80.20 (79.60) TIN BROKE UP THROUGH TECHNICAL RESISTANCE AT $5,600 AS HEDGE FUNDS CONTINUED TO COVER SHORT POSITIONS, TRADERS SAID. NEARBY TIGHTNESS - REFLECTED IN A CASH-TO-THREE-MONTHS BACKWARDATION OF $21/$31 - CONTINUED TO UNDERPIN SENTIMENT. PERCEIVED NEARBY TIGHTNESS WAS UNDERSCORED EARLIER TUESDAY WHEN THE LME REPORTED ITS TIN STOCKS DOWN 360 TONS AT 7,665 TONS. "IT'S MORE FUND SHORT COVERING," SAID THE TIN TRADER FOR A EUROPEAN BROKERAGE. "AND TECHNICALLY IT'S LOOKING STRONG." COPPER LOST MOMENTUM IN THE RINGS, WITH WEDNESDAY'S OPTIONS DECLARATION MAKING LITTLE IMPRESSION, TRADERS SAID. ALUMINUM STRUGGLED TO HOLD THE LINE AT $1,450 AFTER SLIPPING IN ASIAN DEALING ON FUND SELLING, DEALERS SAID. "THE NEXT IMPORTANT LEVEL'S $1,445," SAID A TRADER FOR A FRENCH- OWNED BROKERAGE, "BUT THERE'S GOOD CONSUMER BUYING FROM THERE DOWN TO $1,420." ZINC'S RECENT UPSIDE PROGRESS WAS CHECKED BY ITS INABILITY TO OVERCOME RESISTANCE AT $1,125, TRADERS SAID. 311535 MET mar 98