Currency dynamics have emerged as the dominant force behind copper's recent rally, overshadowing traditional demand fundamentals and creating a pricing environment driven more by financial flows than industrial consumption patterns. Copper's recent move higher reflects pronounced FX sensitivity, with a weaker US dollar improving affordability for non-USD buyers and lifting dollar-denominated commodities across the board. LME three-month copper is now trading near US$11,678 per tonne, close to recent record highs, underscoring how financial variables are currently outweighing physical demand signals in the pricing ... (full story)