Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part weaker this morning, Tuesday October 10, with prices down by an average of 0.3%. The exception is copper where three-month prices are up by 0.4% at $6,693 per tonne. The rest are off between 0.1% for tin prices and 0.8% for nickel prices. Volume has been average with 9,001 lots as of 07:11BST.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part firmer this morning, Friday December 1.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board on the morning of Wednesday June 20, with the complex up by an average of 0.3%. Nickel and zinc prices led the way with gains of 0.5%, while copper was up by 0.2% at $6,843 per tonne.

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part weaker this morning, Thursday November 23, with prices down by an average of 0.4%. Lead (-1.2%) and nickel (-1.1%) lead on the downside, while the rest are between unchanged and down by 0.2%. Three-month copper prices are off by 0.2% at $6,922 per tonne.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part firmer this morning, Monday November 6, with prices up by an average of 0.7%.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are mixed this morning, Friday November 3. Nickel remains the main mover with a 1% gain to $12,695 per tonne, while lead and tin prices are up by 0.3%, zinc prices are lower by 0.3% and aluminium and copper prices are little changed with the latter at $6,932 per tonne.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part stronger this morning, Friday December 8, although tin prices are bucking the trend with a 0.2% decline. The rest are up by an average of 0.6%, ranged between gains of 0.8% for lead and zinc prices and 0.4% for aluminium and nickel prices, while copper prices are up by 0.7% at $6,606 per tonne.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are firmer by an average of 0.4% this morning, Monday October 23. Zinc and lead prices lead the way with a 0.7% gain, while copper prices are the laggards with a 0.1% gain to $6,975 per tonne. Volume has been average of 5,549 lots as of 07:17 BST.

China’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for May surprised to the upside at 51.9, having been expected to remain at April’s level of 51.4, though the positivity surrounding this release has yet to filter through to base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are weaker across the board by an average of 0.7% this morning, Wednesday October 11. Zinc prices lead the decline with a 1.3% drop, followed by lead prices (-1%), nickel (-0.7%), tin and aluminium (-0.5%), while three-month copper prices are off by 0.2% at $6,739 per tonne.