Copper: Excessively negative positioning set to reverse

August 13, 2019 / www.metalbulletinresearch.com / Article Link

Fresh buying picks up
Copper, which made a gain of nearly 1% last week, enjoyed some fresh buying judging by a rise in LME open interest. The rebound was in part technically driven because the sell-off of 4.1% in the LME copper price in the prior week resulted in oversold conditions. As the market is no longer oversold, renewed weakness in the immediate term cannot be ruled out.

The rebound was also led by (1) a weaker dollar (DXY: -1% last week) on more Fed easing expectations in response to increased US-China trade tensions, and (2)...

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