This Morning

In London, LME 3-mo. aluminum was little changed around $1,778 per metric ton (=80.6 cents/lb.) this morning while 3-mo. copper and zinc dipped to $5,872/mt and $2,472/mt, respectively. In foreign exchange trading the U.S. dollar edged up against most major trading partners as the euro and British pound eased to $1.101 and $1.284, respectively and the dollar was buying 109.17 Japanese yen.