Futures . metals
Copper
Grade A copper, in dollars a pound.
Last close
6.482 USD
Market data, close of Oct 30, 2026, supplied Oct 31, 2026.
The contract
- Quoted in
- USD
- Band
- metals
- Window drawn
- Nov 8, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026daily closes, drawn weekly
A continuous front-month series as the market data supplies it. The exchange, the contract months, the expiry and the settlement rules are not held, so none are printed.
The record
weekly, Nov 8, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026- 1 day
- -1.8%from Oct 29, 2026
- 1 month
- -2.1%from Sep 30, 2026
- 1 year
- +27.0%from Oct 30, 2025
- 5 years
- +48.4%from Oct 29, 2021
- Volatility, a year
- 27.8%annualised from 296 daily moves
- Deepest fall held
- -34.5%Mar 4, 2022 to Jul 15, 2022, weekly closes
- Today in the range held
- 92%0% is the low, 100% the high
Market data, close of Oct 30, 2026, supplied Oct 31, 2026.
The contract
- Quoted in
- USD
- Band
- metals
- Window drawn
- Nov 8, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026daily closes, drawn weekly
A continuous front-month series as the market data supplies it. The exchange, the contract months, the expiry and the settlement rules are not held, so none are printed.
In today's money
With the dollar held still, copper is 5.9% below its highest weekly close held, 6.8885 in the week of Sep 9, 2026.
- 1 month, real
- -2.1%
- 1 year, real
- +28.7%
- 5 years, real
- +22.0%
Restated in the dollars of Sep 1, 2026 by the US consumer price index (CPI-U, all items, seasonally adjusted), US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The one-day figure is n/a because the index is published monthly.
The rest of the metals
7 shown- Gold3,898.90 USD-2.9%
- Micro Gold3,898.90 USD-3.7%
- Silver49.276 USD+1.4%
- Micro Silver49.276 USD+1.4%
- Platinum1,436.00 USD-11.0%
- Palladium987.70 USD-33.0%
- Aluminium3,167.50 USD+11.4%
Market data, each with its own close. The figure on the right is the move over a year.
Who it lands on
5 US companies mine copper- Southern Copper CorporationSCCOP/E 32.65x
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc.FCXP/E 38.84x
- Hudbay Minerals Inc.HBMP/E 16.34x
- Ero Copper Corp.EROP/E 11.41x
- Taseko Mines LimitedTGBP/E n/m
P/E from each company's own filed accounts, newest fiscal year; this price is not one of the inputs. Largest published market value first, no ratio orders the list; market values of Nov 6, 2026.