Key Facts
Copper futures nudged higher with the CPER exchange-traded fund closing at 38.35 $, up 0.29% day-on-day on the latest settled session
Southern Copper eased ending at 179.29 $, down 1.61% day-on-day despite its leverage to Peru and Mexico
Freeport-McMoRan also softened finishing at 62.60 $, a 1.42% day-on-day decline that contrasted with the firmer futures tone
Chile remains the world’s top copper producer with Peru firmly in second place, anchoring global supply from Latin America according to industry and government data
