Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were down across the board during early trading on Monday September 24, with a ratcheting up of global trade tensions sapping the positivity seen in the market last week.

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are stronger by an average of 0.7% this morning, Monday July 17, with zinc prices leading the way with a 1.6% gain to $2,834.50 per tonne, while three-month copper prices are up 0.9% at $5,980 per tonne.

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange extended lower on the morning of Wednesday November 15, falling 0.5%, with nickel (-1.0%) and zinc (-1.0%) the weakest performers and tin (+0.2) the most resilient.

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Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mostly down during Asian morning trading on Wednesday September 5, with nickel leading the complex lower. Tin was the only metal record any gains.

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are on divergent paths this morning, Friday September 15, with losses in aluminium (-0.6%), nickel (-0.5%) and copper (-0.1%) at $6,496 per tonne, while zinc is up 0.3% and lead and tin are little changed.

The London Metal Exchange will introduce market-making programmes to enhance the liquidity of its new products and existing contracts, it said on Thursday August 20.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part weaker on the morning of Friday May 25, down between 0.2% and 0.6%, with copper down by 0.6% at $6,872 per tonne. Zinc was the single exception, up by a marginal 0.1%.

Base metals prices were trading broadly higher on the London Metal Exchange Wednesday September 20 although copper closed in negative territory.

Hopes that a US-China trade deal may be moving a step closer have given equities and US bond yields a slight boost this morning, Wednesday July 24, but the metals have not followed.