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LME copper price drops 77% after data entry error

Latest glitch adds to the exchange’s infrastructure woes

The exchange's open outcry model comes unstuck as feeds show wrong price
The exchange's open outcry model comes unstuck as feeds show wrong price Photo: Getty Images

A data entry error at the London Metal Exchange caused a 77% drop in the global benchmark for copper prices.

After the end of the first session in the exchange's famous trading ring on 13 January, the final price was set at $9,130 per ton.

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