Base Metals and Minerals

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

The ECB’s QE program will likely see more money flowing out of Europe in search of yield elsewhere. Dow up 38. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Copper supply; weakness in bulks; steel market doldrums; downward pressure on LNG; headwinds abating for wheat; cotton overvalued.

Wall Street continued to pull back ahead of tonight’s ECB meeting and Friday’s US jobs numbers. Dow down 106. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

The Israeli prime minister stirred up markets last night while Wall Street took profits following Monday’s Nasdaq milestone. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

It’s taken fifteen years, but the Nasdaq is now back where it was before the dotcom bubble burst. Dow up 155. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

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

US CPI data showed headline disinflation, but a stronger core number sent the greenback soaring. Dow down 10. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Coal outlook still subdued; zinc more bullish; copper supply tightens; Metro Mining advances on bauxite.

Both the local and US markets are struggling to find an excuse to push meaningfully higher at present. Dow up 15. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)