Monday, 04 June 2007

Platinum Futures Rally a Fourth Day in Tokyo on Signs of Industrial Demand

(Bloomberg) -- Platinum futures gained for a fourth
day in Tokyo on expectations European jewelry demand and
industrial purchases of the metal will prompt some traders to buy
out of bets they had made on a decline.

Traders on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange last week took on
more futures contracts even as some were selling the metal itself,
a sign they're taking short positions, which bet on the metal's
decline, said John Reade, an analyst at UBS AG, in a June 1 note
to clients.


Read more at Bloomberg Commodities News

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