- The red metal fell 6.1 cents to close at 3.4525 dollars per pound
El Financiero en línea
Mexico City, October 24th.- On the Commodity Exchange (Comex) Wednesday, an unfavorable report for September's sales of pre-owned homes in the United States sent the price of copper to its lowest level in five weeks.
The United States is the world's second largest consumer of the red metal, only behind China.
In this context, the copper contract for delivery in December fell 6.1 cents, or 1.7 percent, to close at 3.4525 dollars per pound, after falling to an intraday low of 3.432 dollars, its lowest price since September 18.
As reported Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the sales of used homes in the United States in September declined to an annual rate of 5.04 million units, the lowest level in almost 10 years, reflecting a drop of 8.0 percent versus the revised-down annual figure of 5.48 million houses posted in August. (Redacción El Financiero en línea/Finsat/GCE)