Copper signals resilience despite eventful weeks
Hedge funds bet on the metal as China's copper imports hit all-time high in first half
New York
EVEN with the recent turmoil, the global economy is looking pretty resilient - at least that's what metals investors are signalling.
Over the course of about four weeks, the UK voted to leave the European Union, there was a failed coup in Turkey and Donald Trump bucked the establishment of the Republican Party to become its presidential nominee. Rather than taking these events as ominous signs, hedge funds are jumping into the growth-dependent world of copper. The funds and other money managers more than tripled wagers on price gains for the metal last week.
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