Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 15
Copper Rises 1.4% as US-Iran Deal Reopens Strait of Hormuz
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 15

Copper Rises 1.4% as US-Iran Deal Reopens Strait of Hormuz

2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 15

Summary

  • Copper climbed as much as 1.4% after the US and Iran said they had reached an interim agreement to cease hostilities.
  • The deal includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and starting negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, easing fears that conflict would drag on global growth.
  • For industrial metals, the truce removes a major downside risk to demand at a time when analysts were already relatively bullish on copper.

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