31.   The gain in inventories is consistent with the view of most analysts that the copper market has moved into surplus.

32.   The International Copper Study Group in London said yesterday that the copper market is in balance.

33.   The New York Mercantile Exchange, at the behest of copper market participants, is considering opening a copper warehouse in East Asia.

34.   The regulators said that Merrill Lynch had profited from aiding the two companies in the scheme by making its own trades on the copper market as the price rose.

35.   The review was set-up in a bid to improve some of the regulations which failed to identify or forestall the Sumitomo Corp. trading loss which roiled the copper markets.

36.   The scandal roiled the global copper market when first reported, triggering probes into trading practices on commodities exchanges worldwide.

37.   The scandal roiled the global copper market when it broke in June, triggering probes into trading practices in commodities exchanges worldwide.

38.   The scandal roiled the global copper market, triggering probes into trading practices on commodities exchanges worldwide.

39.   The scandal roiled the global copper market when it broke in June last year, triggering probes into trading practices in commodities exchanges worldwide.

40.   The strong U.S. economy continues to give the copper market support.