CIJENE OBOJENIH METALA NA BURZI U LONDONU

LONDONSKA BURZA KOVINA: SLUŽBENE CIJENE 31.12.1997. CASH OD CASH DO 3MJE OD 3MJE DO NAGODBA BAKAR USD/T 1723 1724 1752 1753 1724 OLOVO USD/T 558 559 564 565 559 ALUMINIJ USD/T 1534.5 1535.5 1557.5 1558 1535.5 AL.LEG USD/T 1375 1380 1395 1398 1380 NIKAL USD/T 5985 5990 6085 6090 5990 KOSITAR USD/T 5385 5395 5410 5415 5395 CINK USD/T 1090 1091 1112 1113 1091 VALUTE ODNOS USD/DEM 1.7924 GBP/USD 1.6528 Stanje zaliha obojenih kovina u metričkim tonama 31.12.1997 CINK 491600 -175 BAKAR 332725 +2300 ALUMINIJ 624800 -875 KOSITAR 12850 +100 AL.LEGURA 42800 -140 OLOVO 111675 -50 NIKAL 66240 -12 PERIOD BAKAR KOSITAR OLOVO CINK ALUMINIJ ALU.LEGURA NIKAL 31/12 335025 12950 111625 491600 624800 42800 66240 30/12 332725 12850 111675 491775 625675 42940 66252 29/12 333625 12790 111775 493100 627150 42440 66204 24/12 331525 12590 112075 492900 626050 42480 66102 23/12 329425 12455 112175 489575 625625 42540 66258 22/12 329800 12540 112325 488725 626975 42600 66012 19/12 329175 12425 112750 489550 628100 42640 66042 18/12 329675 12090 113175 490200 630525 42300 66186 17/12 329650 11485 113475 490725 632525 42160 66342 16/12 333375 11115 113700 490550 636475 41600 66348 31/12 LME METALS HIGHER IN OFFICIALS BUT ASIA DEMAND WOES GROWING. LONDON (DOW JONES)--BASE METALS PRICES WERE HIGHER AT WEDNESDAY'S OFFICIAL CLOSE ON THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE ON AN EARLIER FLURRY OF CHART- DRIVEN BUYING AND END-OF-YEAR SHORT COVERING, DEALERS SAID. BUT UNDERLYING SENTIMENT REMAINS BEARISH. IN CONTRAST TO THEIR EARLY-1997 STRENGTH, METALS PRICES WILL LIMP INTO 1998, BURDENED BY GROWING ANXIETY ABOUT SLOWING ASIAN DEMAND, ANALYSTS SAID. THE LME CLOSES AT 1330 GMT FOR THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY. (LME THREE-MONTH OFFICIAL PRICES IN DOLLARS A METRIC TON, WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL CLOSE IN PARENTHESES. TUESDAY'S NYMEX COPPER IN CENTS A POUND WITH PREVIOUS CLOSE IN PARENTHESIS. COPPER 1,752.50 (1,728.50) ZINC 1,12.50 (1,113.25) ALUMINUM 1,557.75 (1,527.50) TIN 5,412.50(5,372.50) NICKEL 6,087.50 (6,062.50) LEAD 564.50 (539.50) NYMEX MAR. COPPER 78.90 (78.50) COPPER CLAWED BACK SOME OF THE WEEK'S LOSSES AS SOME OF THE MANY SHORTS MOVED TO SQUARE OUT POSITIONS IN A THIN MARKET. PRICES EDGED UP THROUGH $1,740 A TON, TRIGGERING STOP-LOSS BUY ORDERS, DESPITE A 2,300-TON RISE IN LME INVENTORIES, ANNOUNCED AT 0900 GMT. ALUMINUM, BUOYED BY SHORT COVERING LATE THURSDAY, HELD STEADY IN THE RINGS BUT NEVER LOOKED LIKE RE-TESTING RESISTANCE AT $1,570 AS ACTIVITY WOUND DOWN. LME BROKER RUDOLF WOLFF & CO. UNDERSCORED WORRIES ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ASIA'S RECENT ECONOMIC TURMOIL ON METALS DEMAND WITH A DOWNGRADE OF ITS 1998 LME PRICE FORECASTS. IT ORIGINALLY MADE THE FORECASTS IN OCTOBER. WOLFF ANALYSTS SAID THEY EXPECTED METALS PRICES TO "START 1998 UNDER PRESSURE, AS THE ASIAN TURMOIL CONTINUES TO DOMINATE MARKET SENTIMENT". "THERE IS NOW MOUNTING CONCERN THAT THE ECONOMIES OF CHINA AND JAPAN WILL FALL FOUL OF THE CREDIT SQUEEZE (IN ASIA)," WOLFF ADDED IN A NOTE TO CLIENTS. 311502 MET dec 97