Copper rally ‘too much too soon’

Goldman Sachs remains bullish for its outlook for the red metal over the next 12 months, despite this week's falls

Friday 3 February 2012 at 17:11

Copper has fallen away after rallying 16% since mid December, but Goldman Sachs analysts remain bullish on the outlook for the red metal over the next 12 months

The metal rose to a six-week high on January 27 of $8,610 per metric tonne, before starting to fall away this week to close at $8,339 on Thursday.