Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all up at the close of morning trading on Friday March 27, with the complex buoyed by positive performances in equity markets overnight and this morning.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were capped during the morning session on Wednesday April 1, with the previous day’s gains wiped out after a brief rally precipitated by positive data from China and month-end book squaring abruptly halted.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed this morning, Thursday August 6, but the complex was up by an average of 0.4%.

A round-up of the London Metal Exchange three-month base metals price movements following the outbreak and subsequent spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mainly stronger this morning, Tuesday November 3, after markets were encouraged by generally robust manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data that came out on Monday.

The base metals were generally upbeat this morning, Friday November 20, supported by demand expectations and a weaker dollar.

The base metals were consolidating recent gains but generally holding up near high ground this morning, Thursday November 19 – this despite some nervousness emerging in wider markets about the rapid spread of Covid-19.

Markets were mixed this morning, Friday July 3, with Asian-Pacific equities generally higher and pre-market western equity index futures weaker, while the base metals and precious metals were mixed.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were firmer this morning, Wednesday August 5, with gains averaging 0.3%.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during Asian morning trading session on Monday October 28, with overall market sentiment buoyed by the positive progress in the trade negotiation between China and the United States, the world’s two largest economies.