U.S. copper update: Mobile COMEX application, positioning and official scrap index
CME reported a new application for COMEX copper regularity at Mobile, Alabama, while the CFTC's September 29 data showed a 5.6% weekly decline in non-commercial net-long copper futures positioning. For physical-market context, BLS reported August copper base scrap producer prices up 4.2% month over month and nonferrous wire and cable up 2.4%; these are official indexes, not spot scrap quotations.
CME reported a new application for COMEX copper regularity at Mobile, Alabama, while the CFTC's September 29 data showed a 5.6% weekly decline in non-commercial net-long copper futures positioning. For physical-market context, BLS reported August copper base scrap producer prices up 4.2% month over month and nonferrous wire and cable up 2.4%; these are official indexes, not spot scrap quotations.
Research completed: 2026-10-03T01:50:05.000Z.
Received by Insights: 2026-10-03T02:10:21.411Z.
Source publication date: 2026-10-02.
Sources:
2026-10-02 — https://www.cmegroup.com/notices/market-regulation/2026/10/mkr10-02-26.html
2026-10-02 — https://www.cftc.gov/dea/futures/deacmxlf.htm
2026-09-10 — https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.htm
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