Home Copper's 'flash crash' as SHFE contract drops 4% in 84 seconds Copper futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) lost almost 4% of their value in little over a minute on Thursday morning amid speculation over a probe into a commodities fund's activities in China The Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) copper contract for November fell to 57,497 yuan ($8,475.7) per tonne at 02:27:43 BST from 59,657 yuan at 02:26:19. “People thought it was some sort... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Jethro Wookey September 09, 2010 15:40 GMT London Keywords copper shfe lme rubber jethro wookey Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}