METALS-Copper edges down on recession fears, weak China data
August 14, 2019 at 21:48 PM EDT
Copper prices lost ground in London and Shanghai in early trade on Thursday, weighed down by growing fears of a global recession and weak industrial output growth in top metals consumer China. Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes fell below the two-year yield, intra-day, for the first time since 2007 on Wednesday, in what is known as a yield curve inversion and widely seen by investors as a sign that a recession is coming. FUNDAMENTALS *
