Copper may reach above $7,500/t before re-stabilising shorts: Barclays
LONDON (Commodity Online): Copper prices may witness further upward movement as market positioning is still short with positive demand signals from China. The base metal prices may rise above $7,500 per ton before re-stabilising shorts, stated London based Barclays in its recent market report.
This week, across the base metals complex, short-covering dominated price dynamics. In the context of extreme CTA short positioning, a stronger-than-expected US employment report alongside a surge in German factory orders for March combined to act as catalysts to fuel the move in prices.
From a fundamental perspective, stock trends have been turning more positive. LME stocks have levelled out, SHFE and Chinese bonded stocks are falling.
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Other indicators of Chinese demand are also positive, physical premiums are high, SHFE time spreads are in backwardation, the import arb is still open and data on end-use activity in some sectors have continued to improve.
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