http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/17/markets-metals-idUSL5E7MH18S20111117

LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Copper fell on Thursday, to its lowest in
around a week, on concerns that the euro zone debt crisis is spreading from
peripheral to key economies in the region and that it will hurt demand for
industrial metals the longer it continues.
Equities dipped on both sides of the Atlantic as Spain and France faced
sharply higher borrowing costs, struggling with bond auctions that highlighted
the threat of contagion from a debt crisis that began in Greece and is now
threatening Italy.
But limiting losses in copper was data showing new U.S. claims for jobless
benefits hit a seven-month low last week, while permits for future home
construction rebounded strongly last month, bolstering views the world's largest
economy is gaining traction.