Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during Asian morning trading on Monday February 18, with market sentiment boosted by positive trade developments and data releases at the end of last week.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part weaker during morning trading on Thursday October 4.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Wednesday March 13, with copper, aluminium, nickel and zinc down by an average of 0.2%, while lead was up by 0.6% and tin was little changed.

Fastmarkets MB has today discontinued 40 steel scrap, non-ferrous scrap and foundry ingot prices.

The third week of calendar year 2012 went off frantically as far the metal markets go.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part little changed this morning, Monday March 18, the exception being copper, whose price was up by 0.7% at $6,474 per tonne, compared with $6,431.50 per tonne at Friday’s close.

TradeCloud is set to give its users the opportunity to report business concluded on the platform to Fastmarkets automatically, according to the former’s chief executive officer.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during morning trading on Tuesday July 31, with a weaker dollar providing broad support to the complex.

The base metals are under pressure today as escalating geopolitical tensions between the USA and North Korea continue to increase risk aversion, triggering profit-taking after bullish sentiment pushed many of the metals to fresh multi-month highs this week.

With little changed in the big picture, markets continue to oscillate while they consolidate - US and European equity indices were lower on Thursday July 25 and most Asian equities were weaker this morning.