Mating season could prove crucial to build popularity of new LMEswaps contracts

摘要

London Metal Exchange week in October could provide a barometer forthe physical market's interest in the new LMEswaps contracts, Catherine Markey, the exchange's head of education and marketing, told Metal Bulletin last week. In the first week of trading, which started on January 23, brokers and physical users of the LME held back from the newly launched LMEswaps, though there is apparent interest in moving swap business on-exchange.