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Shanghai suspends copper, rubber contracts as prices plunge


Shanghai Futures Exchange’s copper market was closed on Thursday October 9 after the metal’s price went limit down on each of the three preceding days.

A brace of rubber contracts have also been suspended following successive daily falls and several other rubber expiries were approaching that position at the start of trading on October 9.

Zinc futures had stabilised somewhat and may avoid suspension.

SHFE, like all Chinese exchanges,...

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