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En aquest àmbit, després d'una pujada notable al començament del mes, pel replegament dels temors sobre el creixement global, el cru va enfilar de nou la tendència a la baixa i va perdre el 2,4% a l'octubre, que situa el descens des de l'inici de l'any en el 17%. La nota positiva l'ha aportat el coure, indicador avançat de l'activitat industrial, que havia perdut el 16% des del gener i que ha repuntat el 2,4% a l'octubre.
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The commodity crisis continues to keep world growth on tenterhooks. After the slight appreciation of the euro in the first half of October, the ECB's meeting resulted in the currency falling by more than 3%, pushing down the dollar/euro exchange rate from 1.14 to 1.10 in just two days. Attention has turned particularly to the currencies of emerging economies such as Brazil and Turkey which have once again suffered from domestic tensions and weak commodities. In this area, after a notable rally at the beginning of October thanks to subsiding fears regarding global growth, crude oil returned to its downward path, losing 2.4% in October and 17% since the beginning of the year. One positive note was provided by copper, a leading indicator of industrial activity, which had lost 16% for the year to date but picked up by 2.4% in October.
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