Copper closes at 11-week low, gold rises (GC in Marketwatch)

10 March 2011  MarketWatch

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Gold futures closed higher on Wednesday, while copper dropped nearly 3% as investors retreated from the industrial metal on concerns that Chinese demand is waning as stockpiles build.

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“The risk of contagion in the euro zone has clearly not gone away and this is another primary factor supporting gold above the $1,400 (an ounce) and the €1,000 (an ounce) level,” analysts at Goldcore wrote in a note to clients Wednesday.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-gains-as-european-debt-resurface-2011-03-09