{"id":7820,"date":"2026-06-03T11:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=7820"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:09:24","slug":"copper-drops-from-three-week-high-as-us-and-iran-exchange-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=7820","title":{"rendered":"Copper drops from three-week high as US and Iran exchange fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Copper fell from a three-week high amid pessimism over the outlook for a deal to end the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>Three-month futures dropped below $14 000 a ton, after gaining 3% in the week\u2019s opening two sessions. Tensions remained high in the Middle East amid an uptick in strikes, including an Iranian attack on Kuwait and the US targeting Qeshm Island.<\/p>\n<p>Copper has been buffeted by the conflict, which has fuelled expectations for rate hikes to combat inflation, a move that stands to dampen demand for industrial metals.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>Traders are also on alert this month for a US tariff decision that may see the administration impose a duty on copper imports. Ahead of that, stockpiles of the red metal in the country have surged, tightening other markets.<\/p>\n<p>Copper fell 0.9% to $13 916 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, after closing at $14 040.50 on Tuesday, the highest since May 13. Aluminium was little changed at $3 742.50 a ton, holding near a four-year high as disruptions to Gulf supplies tighten the global market.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p>                        #Copper #drops #threeweek #high #Iran #exchange #fire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copper fell from a three-week high amid pessimism over the outlook for a deal to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2102,854,5998,1074,2660,376,7546],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}