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 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 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 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 (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 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.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board at the close of morning trading on Monday March 23, with tin leading the complex lower with a fall of 5.5%

Markets underwent a knee-jerk downward reaction earlier this morning, Tuesday June 23, when it looked like the phase one trade deal between the United States and China was over, but markets snapped back once US President Donald Trump announced the deal was “fully intact”.

Base metal prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) were broadly lower during the Asian morning session on Thursday September 21, coming under pressure from renewed strength in the dollar after the US Federal Reserve indicated that another interest rate increase this year was likely.