Nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange recovered over $100 on Thursday October 19, while aluminium traded slightly higher on strong sentiment for the light metal.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part stronger this morning, Monday October 16. Nickel prices are little changed, while the rest are up by an average of 0.9% – led by a 1.9% gain in copper prices to $7,025 per tonne.

With the exception of copper and aluminium, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up during morning trading on Thursday July 18.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday May 22.

Base metals prices are pulling back to consolidate this morning, Tuesday January 17, with three-month prices on the London Metal Exchange down an average of 1% as of 06:08 GMT with the pullback been done at quite a high volume of 11,288 lots.

Lead’s three-month price on the London Metal Exchange was lower during morning trading on Friday June 7, with price action falling back to $1,860 per tonne after breaching the nearby $1,900 per tonne resistance level on Thursday following a 2% climb.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were on divergent paths during morning trading on Monday September 16, with risk aversion among investors heightening following an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were all up during Asian morning trading on Monday December 31 amid renewed optimism in the market after US President Donald Trump reported “big progress” in trade talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

Charlotte Radford takes a look back at some of the key news and price moves from the past five days in the metals markets.

Barring those for tin, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all up during the morning trading session on Tuesday July 30, with the complex benefiting from rising hope amid continuing US-China trade talks.