Base Metals and Minerals

A 1% jump in the US dollar index sent stocks tumbling across the board last night, as Greece scored another downgrade. Dow down 132.

A big jump in the PPI sent dollar shorts scurrying to cover last night, while other data were mixed. Dow down 49.

The S&P 500 marked a new high last night in thin trading as a Dubai injection settled fears. Dow up 29.

Both stocks and the dollar rose last night, with a batch of positive US consumer news providing much of the lift. Dow up 65 points.

Wall Street opened stronger and then proceeded to go nowhere on minimal volume. Dow up 68.

Junior miner/explorer Golden Cross shows how it’s done by extracting and commercially exploiting every single elemental product and by-product from the common or garden copper-gold resource.

Wall Street recovered from sovereign debt fears last night, even as Spain was hit with a negative watch. Dow up 51.

The US dollar bounce continued last night as a credit downgrade for Greece invoked echoes of Dubai. Dow down 111. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEDST)

A pall of disinterest settled over Wall Street last night as Ben Bernanke quelled any renewed fears of a rate hike. Dow up one point.

While the rest of the base metals complex continues to firm, nickel seems to have been left behind, but for how long?