Copper flat as China caution outweighs US stockpiling, Goldman upgrade

Business Recorder • Oct 20, 2026

Copper held steady on Tuesday as cautious buying in China at high prices offset Goldman Sachs’ raised price forecasts and swelling US inventories ahead of potential import tariffs. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was flat at $14,339.50 a metri...

Copper held steady on Tuesday as cautious buying in China at high prices offset Goldman Sachs’ raised price forecasts and swelling US inventories ahead of potential import tariffs. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was flat at $14,339.50 a metric ton, while the most-traded November copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 0.53% to 109,270 yuan ($16,360) a ton, as of 0330 GMT. Goldman Sachs...