Tag: copper futures

May 16, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

High Demand For Copper Sends Price Soaring

At one stage, copper reportedly traded at $5.02 per pound. This commodity’s price has increased by 25% this year. Based on CNBC, copper underpins economic well-being and digitisation as it plays a pivotal role in energy transformation. Sectors involving the production of electric vehicles (EVs), power plants, and renewable energy solutions all depend on copper.…

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October 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Arab Global Commodities DMCC fined in the US for copper futures Spoofing

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and settling charges against Arab Global Commodities DMCC (AGC), a proprietary trading firm headquartered in Dubai with several trading offices in India, for engaging in the disruptive trading practice of “spoofing” in the copper futures contract traded on the Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX) between March…

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