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Comex copper futures today hit a new record high of $5.1280 a pound. Tighter global supplies, better world economic growth, smelter issues in China, as well as rampant market speculation, are driving the red industrial metal’s price sharply higher. Could copper be the next cocoa? Cocoa futures last year at this time were trading around $3,000 a metric ton. In April, cocoa futures reached a record high of $12,261 a ton.
July silver futures prices hit a four-month high today. The silver bulls have the solid overall near-term technical advantage. Silver bulls' next upside price objective is closing prices above solid technical resistance at the contract high of $30.19. The next downside price objective for the bears is closing prices below solid support at $28.00. First resistance is seen at $30.00 and then at $30.19. Next support is seen at $29.00 and then at today’s low of $28.675.
Jim is the proprietor of the"Jim Wyckoff on the Markets" analytical, educational and trading advisory service. Jim also worked as a technical analyst for Dow Jones Newswires and as the senior market analyst with TraderPlanet.com. Jim is also a consultant with the highly respected"Pro Farmer" agricultural advisory service. Jim was also the head equities analyst at CapitalistEdge.com.
- In the US, legislation is being reshaped by a combination of state and federal efforts aiming to revise the taxation and legal tender status of gold and silver. - Manufacturing activity in the New York region showed continued weakness this month even as inflation pressures eased, according to the latest figures published by the New York Federal Reserve.The regional central bank said on Wednesday that its Empire State manufacturing survey declined to -15.6 in May, after coming in at -14.
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