LME base metals down on Friday
Xinhua, July 4, 2015 Adjust font size:
The base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) were down over worries about the fallout from Greece ahead of Sunday's referendum.
Greece will vote on Sunday in a bailout referendum that could decide whether the country stays in the euro zone. Dealers cleared the decks awaiting further clarity on the troubled country.
The three-month unofficial copper price dropped 41 U.S. dollars, or 0.71 percent, to 5,761 dollars per tonne.
The three-month unofficial aluminium price lost 27 dollars, or 1.55 percent, to 1,711 dollars a tonne. The three-month unofficial lead price lost 21 dollars, or 1.17 percent, to 1,768 dollars a tonne.
Meanwhile, the three-month unofficial zinc price lost 24 dollars, or 1.18 percent, to 2,017 dollars a tonne. The three-month unofficial nickel price lost 187.5 dollars, or 1.54 percent, to 11,987.5 dollars a tonne. The three-month unofficial tin price lost 425 dollars, or 2.93 percent, to 14,075 dollars a tonne. Endit