Base metals prices fall on US growth concerns, supply tightness worry

摘要

The base metals prices fell on Friday to their weekly lowest level following the announcement of soft U.S. employment growth fed worries about the health of the global economy for the second-consecutive month. Besides, tight supplies of the metal outside of China kept losses in check. UV1E benchmark copper plumbed to an tntraday low at 8,146 dollars per tonne, its lowest level since Apnl 25, before ending the day with a loss of 54 dollars per tone at 8,175 dollars as compared with 8,229 dollars per close on Thursday.