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Thomson Reuters GFMS Key Palladium Market Developments:

Date of Release: 5th April 2013

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From an opening of $721, palladium rebounded strongly during the fist half of March, hitting an 18-month high of $774 on the 15th, before pulling slightly back in the following days. After a brief dip, palladium quickly recovered some lost ground and continued to build on to close the month at $770, posting an intra-month rise of 7%.

After some liquidation in Nymex platinum futures at the start of the month, buy-side interest rebounded, taking net “investor” positions to a record high of 3.0 Moz on the 12th. Despite another bout of profit taking in the second half of the month, net positions remained still high, closing the month at 2.8 Moz.

ETF holdings registered a slight month-on-month decline, with total volumes falling by 13 Koz over the month, to 2.4 Moz by end-month.

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