Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part weaker this morning, Friday June 9, with tin prices down 0.4%, aluminium prices off 0.3%, while copper, nickel and lead prices are off 0.1%. Zinc prices are bucking the downtrend with a 0.4% gain.

Base metals prices are up an average of 0.6% with gains seen across the board on the London Metal Exchange this morning, Thursday June 8, helped by better Chinese trade data that showed imports and exports picked up in May.

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange are mostly slightly firmer this morning, Wednesday June 7, with prices up an average of 0.2%, but volume remains light at 4,870 lots as at 06:53 BST.

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange are slightly firmer this morning, Tuesday June 6, with prices up an average of 0.2%.

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part slightly weaker this morning, Monday June 5, with prices down an average of 0.2%.

The base metals on the London Metal Exchange are down across the board by a fairly uniform amount of between 0.1% and 0.3% this morning, Thursday June 1, with three-month copper prices off 0.3% at $5,677 per tonne.

Most of the base metals prices are weaker this morning, Wednesday May 31, the exception is three-month copper prices on the London Metal Exchange that are up 0.3% at $5,677 per tonne. The other LME metals are down an average of 0.6%, although that is skewed by a 2.4% decline in nickel prices to $8,890 per tonne.

Base metals prices are little changed this morning, Friday May 26, with three-month prices on the London Metal Exchange up an average of 0.2%.

Base metals prices are little changed this morning, Thursday May 25, with three-month zinc prices off 0.5% at $2,638 per tonne, copper is off 0.1% at $5,696 per tonne, while the rest are up between 0.1% to 0.2%.

Base metals prices are weaker this morning, Wednesday May 24, with prices down an average of 1.1% on the London Metal Exchange, as Moody’s Investors Services has cut China’s debt rating to A1 from Aa3 – the first cut since 1989.