LONDONSKA BURZA KOVINA

LONDONSKA BURZA KOVINA: SLUŽBENE CIJENE 02.04.1998. CASHOD CASHDO 3 MJEOD 3 MJE DO NAGO- DBA BAKAR USD/T 1691 1691.5 1718 1719 1691.5 OLOVO USD/T 573 574 573 574 574 ALUMINIJ USD/T 1380 1381 1406.5 1407 1381 AL.LEG USD/T 1248 1253 1275 1277 1253 NIKAL USD/T 5345 5355 5440 5445 5355 KOSITAR USD/T 5675 5685 5635 5640 5685 CINK USD/T 1078 1078.5 1101 1102 1078.5 VALUTE ODNOS USD/DEM 1.8514 GBP/USD 1.6697 Stanje zaliha obojenih kovina u metričkim tonama 02.04.1998 CINK 472450 +1925 BAKAR 340275 +925 ALUMINIJ 543550 -2100 KOSITAR 7255 -55 AL.LEGURA 47020 +320 OLOVO 91875 -1325 NIKAL 64656 -42 PERIOD BAKAR KOSITAR OLOVO CINK ALUM-INIJ ALUMISIJSKA-LEGURA NIKAL 02/04 340275 7255 91875 472450 543550 47020 64656 01/04 339350 7310 93200 470525 545650 46700 64698 31/03 340025 7405 95500 469100 544575 46340 64506 30/03 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 informacije: Zoran Popijač telefon: 01/4808-685 fax: 01/4808-821 02/04 LME ALUMINUM AT 18-MO LOW IN MORNING KERB AS FUNDS SELL..... LONDON (DOW JONES)--ALUMINUM TESTED THE $1400 A METRIC TON LEVEL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OCTOBER 1996 ON FUND SELLING DURING THURSDAY'S OFFICIAL KERB AT THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE. EARLIER IN THE OFFICIAL RING, COPPER, ALUMINUM AND NICKEL WERE SHARPLY LOWER AS FRESH WAVE OF BEARISH SENTIMENT SET IN ACROSS THE COMPLEX. (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 1,718.50 (1,774.50) ZINC 1,101.50 (1,115.50) ALUMINUM 1,406.75 (1,449.50) TIN 5,637.50 (5,632.50) NICKEL 5,442.50 (5,637.50) LEAD 573.50 (574.50) NYMEX MAY COPPER 77.05 (76.70) ALUMINUM CAME UNDER FURTHER PRESSURE AS FUNDS CONTINUED TO SELL SHORT, TRADERS SAID. NYMEX MAY COPPER 77.90 (79.85). "THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN SELLING HEAVILY SINCE THE BREAK BELOW $1,450. NOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR IT TO BREAK DOWN TO $1,250," A TRADER FROM A NORTH AMERICAN OWNED BROKERAGE SAID. TRADERS SAID SENTIMENT IN ALUMINUM WAS NOT HELPED BY BEARISH NEWS FROM JAPAN THURSDAY. THE BANK OF JAPAN'S QUARTERLY "TANKAN" SURVEY OF BUSINESS SENTIMENT SHOWED THE CONFIDENCE OF MAJOR JAPANESE COMPANIES HAS SUFFERED A MAJOR SETBACK SINCE THE LAST TANKAN WAS RELEASED DEC. 15. THE BOJ SAID THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT THE SLUGGISH DOMESTIC DEMAND SINCE LAST YEAR HAS ERODED CORPORATE PROFITS, BOOSTED PRODUCT INVENTORIES AND LED TO SHARP DOWNWARD REVISIONS IN CORPORATE INVESTMENT. NICKEL FELL $100 DURING A VOLATILE FIRST RING ON LONG LIQUIDATION TRIGGERED BY WEAKNESS IN OTHER METALS. "HIGH LEVELS OF $5,670 WERE NOT SUSTAINABLE. THERE WERE NO BUYERS ON THE WAY DOWN," SAID A TRADER FROM A FRENCH-OWNED BROKERAGE. NICKEL WAS LIFTED EARLIER IN THE WEEK ON TALK OF PRODUCTION PROBLEMS AT RUSSIA' RAO NORILSK NICKEL. COPPER MOVED SIDEWAYS AFTER SLIDING OVERNIGHT FOLLOWING HEAVY SPECULATIVE SELLING IN NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY. 021524 MET apr 98