LONDONSKA BURZA KOVINA

LONDONSKA BURZA KOVINA: SLUŽBENE CIJENE 18.03.1998. CASH OD CASH DO 3 MJE OD 3 MJE DO NAGO- DBA BAKAR USD/T 1757 1758 1785 1786 1758 OLOVO USD/T 551 552 553.5 554 552 ALUMINIJ USD/T 1437 1437.5 1462.5 1463 1437.5 AL.LEG USD/T 1297 1299 1323 1324 1299 NIKAL USD/T 5435 5440 5530 5535 5440 KOSITAR USD/T 5440 5450 5420 5425 5450 CINK USD/T 1053 1054 1079 1080 1054 VALUTE ODNOS USD/DEM 1.8218 GBP/USD 1.6723 Stanje zaliha obojenih kovina u metričkim tonama 18.03.1998 CINK 473600 -1675 BAKAR 355325 +300 ALUMINIJ 553000 +550 KOSITAR 8580 -115 AL.LEGURA 44400 +240 OLOVO 102975 -725 NIKAL 64890 0 PERIOD BAKAR KOSITAR OLOVO CINK ALUM-INIJ ALUMISIJSKA-LEGURA NIKAL 18/03 355325 8580 102975 473600 553000 44400 64890 17/03 355025 8695 103700 475275 552450 44160 64890 16/03 356425 8855 104175 476725 556125 43340 64734 13/03 358150 9010 102925 477600 554425 42820 65076 12/03 357775 9145 103250 468575 555275 42640 65334 11/03 361750 9170 103450 469825 557600 42900 65298 10/03 364125 9425 103700 463650 560475 42920 65310 09/03 368350 9475 104000 464500 560750 42980 65400 06/03 370525 9570 105150 466150 559475 42880 64836 05/03 371525 9795 105925 467325 561025 42640 65388 informacije: Zoran Popijač telefon: 01/4808-685 fax: 01/4808-821 17/03 LME COPPER ENDS DOWN LATE; DOWNWARD SHIFT EXPECTED......... LONDON (DOW JONES)--THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE COPPER PRICE FINISHED DOWN AT KERB TRADING LATE TUESDAY WITH METAL PRICES AT THE EXCHANGE SAID TO HAVE SHADOWED COPPER'S PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, RALLYING EARLY, FALLING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON BUT PICKING UP TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS. MOST OF THE OTHER METALS FINISHED UP WITH ZINC AND TIN POSTING STRONG INCREASES ON THE BACK OF THE BACK OF SUPPLY TIGHTNESS. (LME THREE-MONTH PRICES IN DOLLARS A METRIC TON AT 1700 GMT, WITH MONDAY'S LATE KERB CLOSE IN PARENTHESES. TUESDAY'S NYMEX COPPER, WITH PREVIOUS DAY'S CLOSE IN CENTS PER POUND.) COPPER 1,820.50 (1,827.50) ZINC 1,089.50 (1,049.50) ALUMINUM 1,477.50 (1,468.50) TIN 5,437.50 (5,420) NICKEL 5,585 (5,530) LEAD 556 (558.50) NYMEX MAY COPPER 82.60 (83.10). ANALYSTS SAID TUESDAY'S INACTIVITY ON THE LME WAS A PAUSE FOR MARKET PLAYERS TO TAKE STOCK OF THE SITUATION AND THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL DETERMINE THE DIRECTION OF THE COPPER PRICE. "IF COPPER DOESN'T BREAK THE $1,840-1,850 BARRIER TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) IT WILL RETEST $1,800 AND IF IT BREAKS THAT IT COULD MOVE TOWARDS $1,750" SAID MARTIN SQUIRES, AN ANALYST WITH RUDOLF WOLFF & CO., THE TRADING ARM OF CANADA'S NORANDA INC. MACQUARIE BANK ANALYST ADAM ROWLEY WAS EVEN MORE BEARISH. "COPPER HAS REALLY REACHED ITS LIMIT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS" HE SAID SAYING THAT IT HAD STRUGGLED TO GET THROUGH THE $1,840 MARK DESPITE HAVING STRONG SUPPORT AT $1,800. ROWLEY PROJECTED THAT COPPER WILL MOVE IN A NARROW RANGE IN THE SHORT TERM TAKING THE VOLATILITY OUT OF THE OTHER METALS. "IF COPPER TRADES SIDEWAYS ALUMINUM WILL TRADE SIDEWAYS AS WELL" HE SAID. 181532 MET mar 98