Copper Price Rises Toward US$5.77 /Pound (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)
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Investing.com records that today's copper price rose 0.01% to the level of US$5.77 per pound. This price increase is quite high compared to the average price movement over the past week.
Throughout this week, copper prices saw their highest jump on Monday, March 16, 2026, at 2.43%. Meanwhile, trading since the start of the year has strengthened with a year-to-date growth of 0.16%.
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The current condition is similar to the copper price movement over the last day, which is in a declining trend.
Over the past week, copper price movement grew -3.14% with an average daily transaction price of US$5.8 per pound. As a result, throughout 2026, copper prices have risen 0.16% from the start-of-year level of US$5.76 per pound. Even from this year's highest price of US$6.2 per pound, copper prices have fallen 7.06%.
Annually, the average trading price of copper over the past five years has been on an upward trend. Meanwhile, for monthly price monitoring, transactions over the last 12 months tend to rise. The highest average monthly price of the copper commodity was recorded in January 2026 at US$5.91 per pound.
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