CIJENE OBOJENIH METALA NA BURZI U LONDONU

LONDONSKA BURZA METALA: SLUŽBENE CIJENE 24.12.1996. LME OFFICIAL PRICES - DEC 24 CASH 3 MTHS 15 MTHS 27 MTHS SETT COPPER 2231.0/32.0 2134.0/35.0 1950.0/60.0 1895.0/05.0 2232 (STG EQV) 1332.46 1277.04 TIN 5710/5720 5765/5767 5970/5980 5720 LEAD 717.00/8.00 721.00/2.00 693.00/8.00 718 (STG EQV) 428.63 431.86 ZINC 1049.5/50.0 1070.0/70.5 1105.0/10.0 1123.0/28.0 1050 ALU.HG 1523.0/23.5 1553.0/54.0 1602.0/07.0 1600.0/05.0 1523.5 NICKEL 6435/6440 6530/6535 6850/6870 7075/7095 6440 ALALLOY 1377.0/77.5 1400.0/02.0 1505.0/25.0 1377.5 SETTLEMENT RATES - GBP 1.6751 DEM 1.5546 JPY 114.41 LME nickel slumps to fresh low, others mostly firm LONDON, Dec 24 (Reuter) - Nickel prices slumped to fresh 2-1/4 year lows by the close of the morning session on the London Metal Exchange (LME) on Tuesday after another wave of speculative selling pushed the market to a bearish close. Most other metals made ground by the end of a shortened trading day. The exchange is closed on Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday and Thursday for public Christmas holidays. Three month nickel futures finished the morning session at $6,480 a tonne, down $35 from Monday's afternoon kerb finish. The market did peak at $6,580 shortly before the end of the session before being hit again. Values were initially undermined by another rise in LME stocks of 150 tonnes. The total now stands at 49,548 tonnes, the highest level since November 1995. "The clearest indication that demand for nickel is not strengthening is that LME stocks are still rising," said Robin Bhar, analyst at Brandeis (Brokers) Ltd. "The market is dead," a producer source added. Rising stocks and a continuing overhang of stainless steel scrap mean the anticipated pick-up in demand early in 1997 could take months to filter through to primary nickel consumption. And the close below $6,500 adds to the bearish outlook. "If the market closes below $6,500 then it does not look good at all," Bhar added, pegging next support at $6,450, $6,200 and $6,000. Most other base metals finished firmer after late rallies. Copper gained $14 to $2,144, the high of the day. Stocks rose 3,950 tonnes to 121,400 tonnes, but the rise was in line with expectations and had little market impact. But prices could come under pressure next year if stocks continue to build. "With total stocks forecast to rise 250,000 tonnes next year, we continue to look for further price erosion into 1997," said Chris Pearson of Flemings Global Mining Group. Cash copper was last indicated at around $100 above three month values from $97 late on Monday. Aluminium was boosted by a 4,175 drawdown in inventories which helped lift prices $7 to $1,557. Lead gained $12 to $719 after stocks fell 725 tonnes while zinc rose $6 to $1,072 after stocks fell 1,950 tonnes. Tin bucked the trend by edging back $10 to $5,780. Stocks rose 270 tonnes. Alloy was untraded in the kerb but last business was done at $1,398 from $1,390/400 on Monday. Stocks fell 220 tonnes. FRANCUSKI METALI - 24. prosinca 1996. BAKAR FFR/100 KG 1231 KOSITAR FFR/100 KG 3564 CINK EL. FFR/100 KG 625 ALUMINIJ FFR/100 KG 1010 SREB. C3E FFR/KG 776/905 PLATINA FFR/KG 53600/89400 PALADIJ FFR/KG 16800/25200 IRIDIJ FFR/KG 6800/29300 KOBALT FFR/100 KG 32969 ŽIVA FFR/100 KG 5200 NJEMAČKI METALI - 20. prosinca 1996. - u DEM po 100 kg GERMAN ELEKTROLITIK 355.32/365.46 OLOVO U KABELIMA 99.94% 125.00/126.00 _________________________________________________________________ _ STANJE LME ZALIHA NA DAN 24. prosinca 1996. količine su u tonama _________________________________________________________________ _ COPPER 121400 UP 3950 TIN 10740 UP 270 LEAD 118625 DOWN 725 ZINC 513325 DOWN 1950 ALUMINIUM 945800 DOWN 4175 NICKEL 49548 UP 150 AL.ALLOY 73880 DOWN 220 STOCK IN OUT COPPER wire bars 100 0 0 COPPER cathodes 121300 5975 2025 TIN 10740 425 155 LEAD 118625 0 725 ZINC 513325 0 1950 NICKEL briquettes 4014 0 18 NICKEL cathodes 45498 528 360 NICKEL pellets 36 0 0 STOCK IN OUT ALUMINIUM ingots 406475 275 2625 ALUMINIUM T-bars 374125 1700 3525 ALUMINIUM sows 165200 500 500 AL.ALLOY D12S/JIS 500 0 40 AL.ALLOY 226/DIN 42760 0 160 AL.ALLOY A380.1 30620 0 20 _________________________________________________________________ _ STANJE LME ZALIHA NA DAN - 24.12.1996. - po pojedinim skladištima _________________________________________________________________ _ ++ COPPER WIRE BARS + ANTWERP 50 HAMBURG 50 ++ COPPER CATHODES + ANTWERP 150 DUNKIRK 50 HAMBURG 9450 ROTTERDAM 600 PIRAEUS 50 GENOA 1150 LEGHORN 3950 TRIESTE 6700 BARCELONA 275 BILBAO 11075 GOTHENBURG 11525 HELSINBORG 7175 BALTIMORE 2925 CHICAGO 150 LONG BEACH 34200 ST LOUIS 1550 SINGAPORE 28850 LOSA... 1475 ++ TIN ++ ANTWERP 10 HAMBURG 125 ROTTERDAM 4760 GENOA 480 TRIESTE 15 BARCELONA 20 BILBAO 40 HULL 570 LIVERPOOL 3980 BALTIMORE 630 CHICAGO 20 LONG BEACH 5 NEW HAVEN 50 LOSA... 35 ++ LEAD + ANTWERP 125 DUNKIRK 25 HAMBURG 975 ROTTERDAM 2800 PIRAEUS 25 GENOA 5125 GOTHENBURG 9900 HELSINBORG 81725 GOOLE 775 HULL 1250 LIVERPOOL 50 SUNDERLAND 925 DETROIT 1000 LONG BEACH 550 SINGAPORE 13375 ++ ZINC + ANTWERP 50150 DUNKIRK 1750 BREMEN 3925 HAMBURG 3575 ROTTERDAM 200475 PIRAEUS 275 GENOA 11400 TRIESTE 111850 BARCELONA 10625 BILBAO 13350 GOTHENBURG 10625 HELSINBORG 76425 LIVERPOOL 13500 CHICAGO 200 SINGAPORE 5200 ++ NICKEL + ANTWERP 870 ROTTERDAM 38946 GENOA 78 TRIESTE 54 GOTHENBURG 9054 LONG BEACH 96 SINGAPORE 450 ++ ALUMINIUM ++ ANTWERP 6375 HAMBURG 25 ROTTERDAM 90625 TRIESTE 250 BILBAO 725 GOTHENBURG 42825 HELSINBORG 160875 AVONMOUTH 28475 HULL 111800 LIVERPOOL 296125 NEWCASTLE 123725 SUNDERLAND 50725 DETROIT 3075 NEW HAVEN 9275 HAKATA 50 MOJI 50 SINGAPORE 20800 ++ ALUMINIUM ALLOY ++ ANTWERP 6440 DUNKIRK 2440 DUISBERG 700 HAMBURG 60 ROTTERDAM 860 BRESCIA 3040 GENOA 620 TRIESTE 7360 BARCELONA 80 BILBAO 1800 GOTHENBURG 220 DERBY 900 HULL 920 LIVERPOOL 28340 CHICAGO 5860 DETROIT 1340 LONG BEACH 9640 ST LOUIS 3160 SINGAPORE 100 241606 MET dec 96