Copper Soaring

Copper is up sharply early Friday with the 1st future trading at 7-year highs as optimism on global demand continues to grow and China stockpiles dwindle.

• WTI Crude down $0.42 or -0.92% at $44.96
• Natural Gas down $0.03 or -1.15% at $2.93
• Gold spot down $6.79 or -0.37% at $1809.88
• Copper up $7.7 or +2.31% at $340.75
• Silver down $0.16 or -0.66% at $23.2971
• Platinum down $1.8 or -0.19% at $962.96