Record su Record delle materie prime - gz
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By: GZ on Sabato 03 Dicembre 2005 16:34
Questa settimana:
Rame, massimo della sua storia,
Oro che tocca il massimo degli ultimi 22 (ventidue!) anni,
Argento, massimo degli ultimi 18 anni,
Alluminio, massimo degli ultimi 16 anni,
Zinco, massimo degli ultimi 15 anni,
Zucchero, massimo degli ultimi 10 anni
Carne di vitello, massimo degli ultimi 2 anni
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Indice delle Materie Prime : +39% negli ultimi 12 mesi
Che ci sia un boom economico in corso ?
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December 1 – Bloomberg (Peter McGill): “Sugar prices rose to a 10-year high in New York, capping a 52 percent rally since April, on concern that exports will decline from Europe and Brazil, the world’s largest producer. Brazil is diverting more sugar cane to make ethanol, a crop-based fuel, after a surge in gasoline prices spurred an increase in alternative-fuel cars.”
December 1 – Bloomberg (Xiao Yu and Danielle Rossingh): “Aluminum prices rose to their highest in 16 years after 23 smelting companies in China, the biggest producer of the metal, agreed to cut production by 10 percent. The smelters, which produce more than 60 percent of China’s aluminum, will reduce output to lower demand for the raw material alumina and force suppliers to lower prices… Rising raw-material costs have caused losses at 80 percent of the smelters.”
It was another interesting week in the commodities markets. Copper traded to a record high, gold to a 22-year high, silver an 18-year high, aluminum a 16-year high, zinc a 15-year high, sugar 10-year high and cattle a 2-year high. January crude oil rose 61 cents to $59.32. January Unleaded Gasoline rose 5.5%, and January Natural Gas surged almost 16% to $13.93. For the week, the CRB index rose 2.8%, increasing y-t-d gains to 13.9%. The Goldman Sachs Commodities index jumped 4.3%, with 2005 gains rising to 39.9%.