Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s offices in Asia, bringing the latest news and pricing stories on Friday May 18.

Metal Bulletin Research rounds up the sentiment at LME Week as ‘fairly upbeat’, with that bullishness rooted in supply-side themes and optimism for electric vehicles. But there was certainly a sense among many that prices have already done enough on the upside for the time being. And while China’s economy will continue to expand next year, growth will be slower, and as we’ve seen in the past few years, the market is quick to get bearish when China slows. So we’d summarise sentiment as cautiously bullish overall.

Base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly weaker during Asian morning trading on Wednesday March 28, with lead the only metal to post any gains.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher at the close of trading on Monday April 9, with only lead and zinc bucking the trend.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all up during Asian morning trading on Wednesday October 24, with the complex benefitting from a softening in the dollar overnight and positive sentiment stemming from a stronger showing in China’s equities market.

Base metal prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly lower during Asian morning trading on Tuesday December 5 amid bouts of year-end profit-taking, with copper prices falling as longs liquidate.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange are off to a mixed start this week, with nickel prices leading on the upside with a gain of 1%, while zinc, copper and lead prices are little changed and tin and aluminium prices are down by 0.5% and 0.9% respectively.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) were all higher during the Asian morning trading session on Friday September 29 as shorts closed their positions ahead of China’s week-long National Day holiday next week.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly up during the morning trading session on Wednesday April 1, with the complex buoyed by the release of better-than-expected data from China.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rebounded during Asian morning trading on Tuesday March 27, buoyed by a weaker dollar and an improvement in risk appetite after fears of an escalation in tensions between the United States and China receded.