Declining stocks on global metal exchanges are often given as a reason to expect prices to rise. However, we are sceptical that the recent decline in reported copper stocks is due to strong end user demand. Instead, we think it is more likely that it reflects metal moving from the reported to unreported market and a temporary drain on Asian inventories due to the strike at Grasberg.
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