London Metal Exchange Trading Jumps to Record in 2008Jan 06, 2009 The London Metal Exchange, the world’s largest copper market, said trading rose 22 percent last year for a fourth consecutive record, paced by nickel and lead.
A total of 113 million futures and options on metals and plastics were traded, including a 28 percent increase to 8.8 million in December, the LME said today in an e-mailed statement. The exchange, founded in 1877...