BASE METALS DOWN SHARPLY OVER LAST 2 DAYS AS FEARS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS LOOMS WITH CRUDE PEAKING AND MIDDLE EAST WORRIES CLD IMPACT ECONOMIES//COPPER TESTED SUPP LAST NIGHT AT 424 CLOSED ARD PIVOT 428 EXP OPEN HIGHER ARD 431 RES AT 433-434 SUPP AGAIN AT 426//NICKEL CLOSED UP SHARPLY BY CLOSE AFTER TESTING STRONG SUPP 1265 LTP 1292//ZINC WEAK CLOSE BELOW 110 AND LEAD CLOSE BELOW 114 HOLDS ABV//