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After a drop of 12.93% in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) on Monday March 16, the futures in the pre-market are up by 4.96% this morning – close to the 5% limit.
With the exception of that for zinc and nickel, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down at the close of morning trading on Tuesday March 17, with the complex taking its cue from weakness in global equity markets.
The London Metal Exchange intends to suspend all ring trading and move to full electronic pricing from next week if the United Kingdom’s current directives restricting the movement of people in a bid to stop the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) remain in place.
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