Select Commodities – Outlook • Copper Gains for Sixth Day to 16-Month High on Recovery Outlook - Copper climbed for a sixth day to the highest level in 16 months, adding to the biggest annual gain in more than two decades in 2009, on speculation supplies may not keep pace with demand in a global economic recovery. Manufacturing in China, the world's largest metals user, expanded at the fastest pace in 20 months in December to a seasonally adjusted 56.6, the Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said jan. 1. The increase in base metals prices largely reflected bullish sentiment linked to anticipation of international economic recovery.