Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Thursday March 21, while the market digested the messages from last night’s US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed at the close of morning trading on Wednesday March 11, with investors awaiting news of further government stimulus as the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) continues to spread globally.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part firmer during morning trading on Wednesday October 3.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher during morning trading on Thursday March 29 with the market gearing up for a long weekend.

News that trade talks between China and the United States will take place later this month has sparked risk-on sentiment in the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this morning.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange exhibited mixed movements during the morning trading session on Tuesday October 29 after positive developments in trade talks between China and the United States were partly offset by weaker Chinese corporate data.

Although metals markets were mixed this morning, Thursday May 16, the downward trends on the charts seem to have halted; key now will be whether buying and short-covering follows.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were split into two camps during Asian morning trading on Wednesday June 26, with copper, nickel and zinc securing gains while the rest weakened marginally.

Base metals on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly higher at the close of the morning session on Thursday December 12, with optimism over a recovery in Chinese demand and a weak US currency providing support to the complex.

Base metal prices were lower across the board on the London Metal Exchange during morning trading on Friday April 6, due to the US announcing further impositions on Chinese products.