Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed at the close on Friday October 1, but the copper price was the star performer closing 2.1% higher.
The three-month copper price closed at $9,128 per tonne, recovering from Thursday's dip when it closed at $8,936.50 per tonne. It hit a high of $9,143 per tonne earlier in the day."Thursday's sell-off [for copper] could be either due to investors' desire to cut risk ahead of the Golden Week celebration, or due to the closing of some trading books at the end of the third quarter,"...