Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part firmer this morning, Wednesday June 14, the exceptions are aluminium that is off 0.3% and copper that is slightly weaker, while the rest are up an average of 0.5%. Volume has been above average with 7,188 lots traded as of 07:24 BST.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were split into two camps on the morning of Thursday June 7, with copper leading aluminium and nickel higher, while the rest were little changed to weaker.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange have started to weaken as European trading gets underway with three-month prices off by an average of 0.2% this morning, Tuesday July 18.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on the morning of Wednesday May 9, with all the metals, except tin (+0.2%) and lead (+0.3%), down by an average of 0.3%. Copper prices were off 0.4% at $6,785 per tonne.

Jittery stock markets and ongoing disappointment over United States/China trade developments continued to put either a cap on the base metals – the exception being tin that broke higher at the start of this week – or keep them under pressure, in the likes of nickel and aluminium.

Base metals prices are down an average of 0.7% on the London Metal Exchange this morning, Wednesday May 3, with zinc, copper and lead prices down around 1%, with three-month copper prices at $5,751 per tonne, while aluminium and nickel prices are off around 0.5% and tin prices are down 0.2%. Volume has been light with 3,907 lots traded as of 06:20 BST.

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange are up across the board this morning, Monday June 19, as they have been for the past two business days, with lead, zinc and nickel managing to see follow through buying, while the others look less positive.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part firmer with gains averaging 0.6% on the morning of Friday October 19, but this follows a general down day on Thursday, when the complex closed down by an average of 0.8%.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on the morning of Wednesday May 23, with nickel and lead prices down by 0.4% and 1.4% respectively, while copper was off by 0.5% at $6,929 per tonne; aluminium and tin are both up by 0.2% and zinc is up by 0.5%.

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%.