PLATINA - nové maximum

Platinum rose to a record in London for a 14th consecutive day on concern that power cuts in South Africa will worsen a supply shortage. Palladium climbed to the highest since 2001 and rhodium reached a record.

Platinum supply may fall 479,000 ounces short of demand this year, compared with a deficit of 265,000 ounces last year, Investec Securities said in a report today. That's equal to almost 7 percent of demand. The bank increased its 2008 forecast for the metal used in auto catalysts and jewelry by 29 percent.

``High platinum prices will be supported by a growing deficit, driven by supply shortages from South Africa,'' Rebecca O'Dwyer, a London-based analyst with Investec Securities, said in the report. South Africa mines 78 percent of the world's platinum, according to Johnson Matthey Plc.

Zdroj: Bloomberg

20.02.2008

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