LIVE FUTURES REPORT 05/09: SHFE base metals prices rise on easing trade tensions, softer dollar; Ni, Pb buck trend

With the exception of nickel and lead, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up during the morning trading session on Thursday September 5, with the complex buoyed by improved risk sentiment following an easing of geopolitical tensions and softer dollar. Investors’ appetite for risk has grown following favorable geopolitical events overnight that…

EUROPE WIRE ROD: Northern Europe prices down on poor demand

The price of mesh-quality steel wire rod in the Northern European domestic market decreased this week because of poor demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday September 4. Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for steel wire rod (mesh-quality), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was €470-500 ($515-548) per tonne on Wednesday, down by €10-15 per tonne. Underlying consumption of…