On June 24, Southern Copper fell 3.95% in regular trading, trading at $172.34/share, with turnover of $6.50 million. The decline extends a broad selloff across copper mining stocks that began in the prior session.
On the news front, copper concept stocks continued to face widespread selling pressure amid macro headwinds. The broader copper sector saw significant declines, with Freeport-McMoRan down 2.83%, Ero Copper down 4.10%, and Taseko Mines down 2.99%. Analysts pointed to ongoing Middle East conflicts and a renewed rise in the probability of a Fed rate hike as key factors driving short-term copper price volatility. LME copper was last reported at $13,587/ton, down 0.92% week-over-week.
Despite near-term turbulence, institutional research noted that the supply-demand tightness thesis for copper remains intact. Domestic copper inventories continued to decline to new annual lows, while overseas sulfur supply constraints pose ongoing disruption risks to hydrometallurgical copper production. Copper mine production growth estimates have been revised down to 190,000 tons, reinforcing a structurally bullish medium-term view on copper prices.
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