101.   Given the small volume of trades, each large transaction had a visible impact on prices, the trading house added.

102.   GNI trading house said that prices had risen faster than was justified by the moderate demand for the metal.

103.   GNI trading house said rainfall had delayed the sugarbeet harvest in Eastern Europe.

104.   GNI trading house said that bullish US housing starts data pushed prices upwards in New York.

105.   GNI trading house said that copper traders were troubled by the prospect of subdued economic growth in the United States.

106.   GNI trading house said that if the copper mines of Kolwezi and Likasi fall to the rebels, production and exports from the region might be interrupted.

107.   Heavy rains in July did not seem to have damaged the crop, the London trading house said.

108.   However, GNI trading house said that a slow-down in the construction industry in numerous countries in Southeast Asia was likely to hit demand for copper.

109.   However, London-based GNI trading house suggested that the period of bullish sentiment on the market might be coming to an end.

110.   However, the GNI trading house warned of a possible meltdown in prices, after the recent buying frenzy.