21.   Aluminium prices rose after some light buying, dealers said.

22.   Aluminium prices eased further away from recent gains, as speculators eschewed the market.

23.   Aluminium prices have fallen steadily since the start of the year.

24.   Aluminium prices rose on the wings of copper.

25.   Angus MacMillan, research manager at Billiton-Enthoven Metals said the aluminium price was getting ahead of itself.

26.   But market stocks of the metal are too high to allow aluminium prices to really take off, trading house GNI noted.

27.   Concerted buying on the part of investment funds and demand on the cash market drove aluminium prices higher, they said.

28.   Dealers said that the slump in aluminium prices pulled three-month copper prices lower and the entire base metal complex fell as a result.

29.   The result was largely due to higher aluminium prices and the price effect of lower primary metal stocks, the company said.

30.   Three-month aluminium prices fell slightly.