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Gold prices reach ten-week high, other metals weak
LONDON, Oct 27 : Gold trices reached a ten-week igh at the beginning of the Week because of reduced fears of Soviet selling, reports AFP.
Although a technical correction brought the market back to around 360 Dollars an ounce, analysts remained optimistic that an official statement on the low level of Moscow's reserves would emerge shortly and would give the market fresh impetus.
Among the other precious metals silver and platinum, which have primarily industrial end-uses, were weakened by the persistent weakness of the US economy and by the prospect of slower growth in Japan.
On the London Metal Exchange (LMF), lead was
weakened by similar factors and fell to a four-and-a half-year low. Tin paid little atten tion to the outcome of a meet tng of the Association of Tin Producing Countries (ATPC) in Australia despite its decision to reduce exports next year.
Aluminium prices eased back, disappointed by world number one producer Alcoa's denial of rumours that it was about to follow the lead of rival Alcan and cut production in response to depressed prices.
Gold: Easter after firm start. Gold prices rose well above the 360-Dollars-pcr-ounce mark early in the week and reached a-two-and-a -half-month high on reduced fears of Soviet selling before falling back.
A . statement from former Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai
Ryzhkov that Moscow's reserves were 784 tons on January 1. 1990, and that sales last year were around 250 tons added weight to radical economist Grigory Yavlinsky s assertions that stocks would fall to Just 240 tons by the beginning of next year.
Although gains were reduced by a technical correc-lien, operators hoped that official Soviet estimates on reserves, which arc likely to give the market a further boost, would be released over the weekend as Group of Seven (G 7) and Soviet officials meet in Moscow.
Silver: Easier after steady start. Silver firmed initially in line with gold, but weakened towards the weekend as the absence of clear signs of indus-
trial recovery in the English-speaking economies reasserted its influence on the market.
Copper: Steady. Prices drifted slightly lower early in the week but recovered previous levels in response to fresh rioting in the copper-mining Province of Shaba in Zaire.
hreatened strikes In the Polish and British copper industries and continuing labour negotiations at Canada's 1,80.000-tons-per-year Highland Valley mine were also supportive.
Lead: Easier and weak. The continuing absence of a recovery In demand from cither the US or Japan saw three-month prices dip to their lowest point since April 1987 at the beginning of the week. Prices
then staged a technical recovery but the market remained weak with cash metal hovering around 300 pounds per ton. LME stocks rose 3,450 tons to 108,650.
Zinc: Firmer. After having looked weak again in the first half of the week, zinc prices moved ahead on rumours that a major producer was planning to cut production In response to the slump in prices. LME stocks which 1,725 tons to 1,50,000, Just below their record high. Illustrated the over-suppHed state of the market.
Tin: Easier. Prices fell despite the annouheement that China, the world s number-two producer, is to join ths Association of Tin Producing Countries (ATPC). The ATPC Is currently trying to stabilise the
world market by reducing a 45.000-ton stocks overhang lo around 20,000 tons within two years through export quotas.
Aluminium: Easier. After the previous week's 100-Doilars-pcr-ton rally, prices eased back partially despite a new production cut of 33,000 tons per year from a German pro ducer. The market was dtaap-Ctinted that larger cuts from adlng producers, noUbly Alcoa, did not materialise In the wake of Alcan's 8.5 per cent reduction tn output, announced the previous week. A return to work at the previously strike-bound boyne Island smeller in Australia encouraged the easier trend.
LME stocks rose 12.925 tons to a new record high of 754.925 tons.