CIJENE OBOJENIH METALA NA BURZI U LONDONU

LONDONSKA BURZA KOVINA: SLUŽBENE CIJENE 17.12.1997. CASH OD CASH DO 3MJE OD 3MJE DO NAGODBA BAKAR USD/T 1734 1735 1765 1765.5 1735 OLOVO USD/T 526.5 527 536 537 527 ALUMINIJ USD/T 1510 1511 1534 1535 1511 AL.LEG USD/T 1373 1378 1395 1398 1378 NIKAL USD/T 5895 5905 5995 6000 5905 KOSITAR USD/T 5430 5435 5365 5370 5435 CINK USD/T 1104 1105 1128.5 1129 1105 VALUTE ODNOS USD/DEM 1.7670 GBP/USD 1.6508 Stanje zaliha obojenih kovina u metričkim tonama 17.12.1997 CINK 490725 +175 BAKAR 329650 -3725 ALUMINIJ 632525 -3950 KOSITAR 11485 +370 AL.LEGURA 42160 +560 OLOVO 113475 -225 NIKAL 66342 -6 PERIOD BAKAR KOSITAR OLOVO CINK ALUMINIJ ALU.LEGURA NIKAL 17/12 329650 11485 113475 490725 632525 42160 66342 16/12 333375 11115 113700 490550 636475 41600 66348 15/12 335550 10585 114200 490200 639725 41640 66384 12/12 337550 9830 114550 490325 643925 41820 66402 11/12 339725 9650 114750 492200 646050 42180 66318 10/12 342000 9410 115350 492950 649400 42360 66372 09/12 345400 8635 115800 493750 653575 42580 66336 08/12 345025 8280 115975 493300 653425 42840 66348 05/12 345650 8330 116200 494750 656475 43040 66120 04/12 344450 8330 116275 495825 660600 43180 65790 17/12 LME METALS OFF LOWS IN PRE-MARKET ON CHART-BASED BUYING..... LONDON (DOW JONES)--BASE METALS PRICES ARE HIGHER IN PRE-MARKET TRADING WEDNESDAY ON THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE ON CHART-BASED SHORT COVERING, DEALERS SAID. COPPER HAS BOUNCED AROUND $30 A METRIC TON FROM TUESDAY'S KERB CLOSE, ALTHOUGH IT COULDN'T MAINTAIN AN EARLY CHALLENGE OF RESISTANCE AT $1,780. ALUMINUM IS ALSO OFF TUESDAY'S LOWS BUT DEALERS SAID IT LACKED THE IMPETUS NEEDED TO BREAK BACK ABOVE THE KEY $1,550-LEVEL. (LME THREE-MONTHS PRICES IN DOLLARS A METRIC TON AT 1050GMT, WITH TUESDAY'S LATE KERB CLOSE IN PARENTHESES. TUESDAY'S NYMEX COPPER CLOSE IS IN CENTS A POUND.) COPPER 1,773 (1,755.50) ZINC 1,131 (1,122.50) ALUMINUM 1,535 (1,517.50) TIN 5,320 (5,277.50) NICKEL 6,050 (6,017.50) LEAD 540 (534.50) NYMEX MAR. COPPER 79.35 COPPER WAS BUOYED IN ASIAN TRADING BY JAPANESE BUYING ON THE BACK OF YEN STRENGTH AGAINST THE DOLLAR. THEN SENTIMENT WAS HELPED BY A 3,725-TON DECLINE IN LME STOCKS TO 329,650 TONS, ANNOUNCED AT 0900 GMT. THAT BROUGHT THE DECLINE IN LME STOCKS SO FAR THIS WEEK TO 7,900 TONS, WITH WITHDRAWALS FROM SINGAPORE SUGGESTING CHINESE BUYING. 'COPPER AND ALUMINUM ARE STILL VERY FRAGILE,' SAID A TRADER FOR A EUROPEAN BROKERAGE. 'EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON HOW FAR THE FUNDS THINK THEY CAN PUSH THINGS ON THE DOWNSIDE.' FUNDS, ALREADY HEAVILY SHORT OF COPPER, HAVE LIQUIDATED LONG POSITIONS IN ALUMINUM AND GONE SHORT OF THAT MARKET TOO ON THE BACK OF BEARISH PREDICTIONS ABOUT NEAR-TERM ASIAN CONSUMPTION. BUT U.K. COMMODITIES BROKERAGE GERRARD & NATIONAL INTER COMMODITIES LTD. IS PREDICTING A WAVE OF FUND SHORT COVERING. 'THE FUNDS ARE WELL SHORT OF THE BASE METALS AT PRESENT, AND DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE PRESSURE ON FUND MANAGERS TO BOOK PROFITS BY THE YEAR-END,' GNI SAID WEDNESDAY IN A NOTE TO CLIENTS. '...WE FEEL THAT THERE IS THE REAL RISK OF A BIG SHORT-COVERING RALLY TODAY (WEDNESDAY),' GNI ADDED. 171516 MET dec 97