Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday August 2 that are worth another look.

Further weakness in China’s Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI), that fell to 48.3 in January from 49.7 in the prior month, was enough to dent confidence in the base metals market this morning, Friday February 1, with prices for the most part weaker as a result.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange had a mixed start to trading on Tuesday March 26 while recessionary fears subsided.

Markets participants are in an optimistic mood while they focus on economic data that is improving and hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine this morning, Thursday July 2, while apparently choosing not to focus on the havoc that the pandemic is causing.

Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Thursday June 14.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all down at the close of morning trading on Thursday March 12, with investors’ appetite for risk dented by broad economic concerns after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) outbreak a global pandemic.

In a reversal of the previous day’s show of strength, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board during morning trading on Wednesday July 31.

Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s office in Shanghai as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday March 20.

The base metals remain in a buoyant mood, as dollar weakness has supported follow-through buying after the minutes of the July US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting showed growing division among policy setters over the path of interest rates given the lack of inflationary pressures.

Base metal prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange continued to rise during Asian morning trading on Monday December 18 amid positive market sentiment, with the red metal reaching its highest in three weeks.