Barring those for nickel, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell during the morning trading session on Wednesday November 13 while investors awaited clarity on the first phase of a trade deal between China and the United States.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mainly down on the morning of Thursday August 23, with lead prices bucking the trend with a 0.2% rise, while the rest were off by between 0.5% for aluminium and 1.5% for nickel. The three-month copper contract was down by 1.2% at $5,941 per tonne.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were broadly weaker on the morning of Wednesday November 14, with the three-month copper price down by 0.1% at $6,040 per tonne. This after Tuesday’s energetic start that saw the red metal reach $6,181 per tonne at one point.

Fastmarkets’ Shanghai-London physical arbitrage calculation for copper was published incorrectly on Tuesday October 16 due to an error in inputting the data.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly down during the morning trading session on Friday November 15, with nickel giving the worst performance of the complex with a 2.7% drop.

Iron ore production in Mexico fell by 2.9% year-on-year in May 2012 to 694,163 tonnes, according to national statistics agency Inegi.

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are up across the board by an average of 0.7% this morning, Monday November 13. Nickel prices are leading the way with a 2.3% gain, with tin prices up by 0.7% and three-month copper prices up by 0.5% at $6,828 per tonne, while the rest are up by 0.2%.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during the morning trading session on Monday December 9, supported by better-than-expected US jobs data and positive trade developments.

Despite healthy economic fundamentals across metals markets, geopolitical uncertainty casts a shadow over Sucden Financial’s altogether positive market outlook, the commodity broker’s Quarterly Metals Report Briefing highlighted.

Comments from US Federal Reserve officials overnight appeared dovish after New York Federal Reserve president John Williams stressed at the annual meeting of the Central Bank Research Association that “it is better to take preventative measures than to wait for disaster to unfold”.