Metals
Investing.com – Macroeconomic challenges facing commodities in the first three quarters of 2024 have reversed and become tailwinds entering the new year, according to analysts at Wells Fargo (NYSE:). Elevated interest rates and broader economic uncertainties weighed on commodity prices over the January-to-September period last year, although that trend largely turned…
Investing.com — is poised to emerge as the standout performer among industrial metals in 2025, driven by a combination of supply constraints and improving global economic conditions, as per analysts at UBS Global Research. Following a challenging year in 2024, characterized by uneven price movements across base metals, copper is…
Investing.com – The market became increasingly bearish on industrial metals during the third quarter, according to UBS, but US rate cuts and the coordinated stimulus by China in October have improved the risk/reward basis. The moves to stimulate the Chinese economy announced so far are unlikely to be as material…
By Pratima Desai and Siyi Liu LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is locking in steps to shape the pricing of the vast quantities of industrial metals it produces and consumes, with moves to attract foreign firms to trade on Shanghai’s futures exchange, which would eventually fragment global markets. After buying mining…
