Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were in consolidation mode again on Friday August 23, with the complex broadly down - led by a 1% decline in zinc.

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There are many crosswinds for the markets to contend with this morning, Wednesday July 1, with better manufacturing data in Asia and interest rate cuts in China, but a deteriorating Covid-19 situation - especially in parts of the Americas - and raised geopolitical tension over Hong Kong.

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 27 that are worth another look.

Base metal stocks on Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses showed divergent trends during the week ending Friday March 22, with zinc stocks falling by 6.5% but those of aluminium, tin and lead rising.

Zinc prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gave a decidedly negative performance during morning trading on Tuesday April 16, while the rest of the complex was largely rangebound amid a firmer US dollar and hopes of an imminent US-China trade deal.

The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange was lower during morning trading on Monday March 30, with price action falling by around 1.6% after more than 24,000 tonnes of metal was delivered back to LME-registered warehouses across Asia.

Vale New Caledonia (VNC) will cease operations at the onset of 2021, parent company Vale’s chief financial officer Luciano Siani Pires said on Thursday October 8.

Broad markets and the metals were mixed this morning, Wednesday May 27, while participants brace for what United States President Donald Trump’s response will be to China’s plans to impose national security laws in Hong Kong, which he said will be announced by the end of the week.

Asian-Pacific equities and pre-market major western equity index futures were stronger this morning, Tuesday June 30, while base metals prices were for the most part firmer too - this despite Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell saying the US economy faces “extraordinary uncertainty”.