Base Metals and Minerals

Global markets are ready to do something, but they’re just not sure what. Dow down 20. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

Mixed PMI estimates across the globe led to another limbo night on Wall Street ahead of…um…what? Dow up 18. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with forecasts and preferences in the sector updated, some positives from China and a review of the tin market.

Saudi sales and increased US inventories see oil prices fall another four dollars. Dow up 13. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Geopolitical tensions have investors hesitating, but until Spain asks for a bail-out, the ECB remains on the sidelines and QE3 is offset. Dow up 11. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with indications of favoured commodities to benefit from QE3 and updates on copper, zircon and oil.

A sudden and unexplained plunge in the price of oil last night confounded Wall Street into a familiar, profit-taking Monday. Dow down 40. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

FNArena Editor Rudi Filapek-Vandyck explains to Peter Switzer why mining and other cyclicals will carry the index to higher levels.

Last week saw local brokers cover a wide range of macro and sector specific commentary from QE3 to coal and LNG, with the new iPhone also featuring.