Copper market in flux as Trump touts 50% tariff on imports

Copper climbed as much as 17 per cent in New York on Tuesday, a record one-day spike to an all-time high, before falling more than four per cent in early trading on Wednesday. On the LME, the metal slid as much as 2.4 per cent at the open, before easing to change hands at US$9,608.50 a tonne, 1.9 per cent lower, at 9:51 a.m. local time.