Commodities: A safe haven?
Gold prices are up more than 20 per cent in the first half of 2008 while copper prices have given returns which are even better. Aluminum prices, which are determined by trends in global prices have also gone up nearly 40 per cent and steel prices are up 55 per cent on the domestic exchanges. Cement, which is not traded on the commodity exchanges, has also seen prices spike during the year.
