China's month-on-month new electric vehicles (NEV) sales rebounded in August after month-on-month declines in June and July. The drop in sales between May and June was the first drop since September 2016, but Fastmarkets MB had expected Chinese NEV sales to dip temporarily after the June subsidy changes came into effect because consumers and NEV manufacturers would have to adjust to the new subsid...Read More

* U.S. sanctions against Iran oil exports start next week* U.S. to temporarily allow 8 importers to keep buying Iran oil* OPEC, Russia, U.S. oil supply rising, filling inventories* GRAPHIC-Top 3 crude oil production: https://tmsnrt.rs/2Rua0R8 (Adds settlement prices, CFTC data, Trump tweet)By Devika Krishna KumarNEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell about 1 percent on Friday and notched a we...Read More

Nov 2 (Reuters) - Punjab National Bank (PNB) PNBK.NS reported a third straight quarterly loss on Friday, as India's second-largest state lender by assets set aside more money to account for a massive fraud.Net loss came in at 45.32 billion rupees ($622.74 million) for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with a profit of 5.61 billion rupees a year earlier, the bank said in a statement https...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices were higher on Friday as the U.S. dollar inched down, despite a better-than-expected jobs report.Comex gold futures for December delivery rose 0.11% to $1,237.40 a troy ounce as of 10:33 AM ET (14:33 GMT).Gold was higher due to a fall in the greenback. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of six major currencies, inched d...Read More

* U.S.-China trade deal hopes trigger risk rally* Emerging market shares head for best day since early 2016* Europe higher with Germany's DAX leading the charge* Hong Kong, Korean markets have best day in seven years* U.S. jobs data comes in strong* Dollar steadies, sterling builds on strongest day of the year* Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVhBy Marc JonesLONDON, Nov 2 (Reu...Read More

(For a live blog on European stocks, type LIVE/ in an Eikon news window)* FTSE 100 on track for best week in nearly 2 years* Burberry , miners boosted by hopes of end to U.S.-China row* JPM China fund up 10 percentBy Josephine MasonLONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - UK shares bounced for a fourth session on Friday as mining and luxury goods stocks led a rally amid growing optimism about a Brexit deal and...Read More

* US - China trade deal hopes triggers strong risk rally* Emerging market shares head for best day since early 2016* Europe opens higher with Germany's DAX leading the charge* Hong Kong, Korean markets have best day in seven years* U.S. jobs data next key test for rising bond yields* Dollar dips, Sterling builds on strongest day of the year* Metals rally on better China sentiment* Graphic: World F...Read More

Nov 2 (Reuters) - Aluminium producer Hindalco Industries Ltd HALC.NS posted a 21.4 pct decline in Sept-quarter net profit on Friday, dragged down by rising input costs, but marginally beat estimate.Standalone profit after tax came in at 3.09 billion rupees ($42.50 million) in the second quarter, compared with 3.93 billion rupees a year earlier, Hindalco said analysts on an average had expected t...Read More

Alloy steel scrap prices followed divergent trajectories this week in Europe and the UK as a result of differing market fundamentals. In Europe, 18/8 scrap solids prices fell amid poor demand, while grade-316 solids prices edged higher because of very tight supplies. In both cased, however, market activity has been very slow and price movements were only marginal. Fastmark...Read More

For one week, Shanghai, China's economic center, will become the center of the global copper industry - representatives from miners, consumers, banks and brokers will convene for the annual Cesco Week. The week is centred on the Cesco dinner on Thursday November 15 evening - to be attended by some 2,000 guests - but there are a host of other well-established functions. The following details the ke...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were collectively higher at the close of trading on Friday November 2, ending the week stronger despite continued stock outflows and broad strength in the US dollar index.An easing of the trade tensions between the United States and China fueled the price rallies, with the three-month copper price topping the gains and reaching an intraday high of $6...Read More

Fastmarkets rounds up some of the key news and price moves across the global metals markets this week.Base metalsA massive backwardation on copper forward price spreads on the London Metal Exchange has collapsed after market tightness eased thanks to delivery of 44,950 tonnes of metal into exchange-listed warehouses.Brazilian multi-metals producer Nexa Resources has maintained its production and s...Read More

Comex copper prices surged back up to a mid-October high during a volatile week that saw the red metal unable to establish a clear price direction amid competing macroeconomic factors.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange jumped by 8.60 cents to $2.8075 per lb. Earlier today in trading, the contract touched a high of $2.8090, the highest...Read More

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Friday November 2. Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were all higher during morning trading on Friday November 2, after the largest single-day inflow in LME copper stocks since February 2004.The three-month copper price climbed more than 1.5% to more than $6,200 per tonne after around 47,700 to...Read More

Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Friday November 02*Copper -$139.78 (-966.73 yuan) Aluminium -$447.88 (-3,097.64 yuan) Zinc -$44.6 (-308.47 yuan) Nickel $570.06 (3,942.62 yuan) *Fastmarkets calculates the physical arbitrage for import into China daily by using SHFE front-month and LME three-month prices at 3pm Shanghai...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were all higher during morning trading on Friday November 2 after the largest single-day inflow in LME copper stocks since February 2004.The three-month copper price climbed more than 1.5% to above $6,200 per tonne after around 47,700 tonnes of the metal were delivered to LME-listed warehouses, predominantly in Asian locations, with Korean warehouses...Read More

A massive backwardation on copper forward price spreads on the London Metal Exchange has collapsed after market tightness was eased by a delivery of 44,950 tonnes of metal into exchange sheds, Fastmarkets heard on Friday November 2.On-warrant LME warehouse stocks were up by 78% on Friday to 102,600 tonnes. Thursday's 57,000 tonnes was the lowest inventory level since August 2005.The delivery was t...Read More

Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market during the week ended November 2.Raw Materials Xcoal Energy & Resources has exported the first cargo of Baralaba low-vol pulverized coal injection from the Baralaba North mine in Queensland, Australia.BHP is counting on India and China to drive demand for steelmaking raw materials in the year ahead, and expects the struct...Read More

Cold-rolled coil prices in the United States have held steady week on week, but coated base prices were offered as low as $46-47 per cwt, market participants said.One producer and seller of coated steel targeted $47.50 per hundredweight after mills announced a $2-per-cwt price increase in mid-October, but little could be sold at that price in recent weeks, that seller said. Now $46.50 per cwt...Read More

Steel mills in India have reduced their domestic price for hot-rolled coil (HRC) by about 500 rupees ($7) per tonne for November sales by providing incentives to distributors."We rolled back prices by about 500 rupees per tonne, with some conditions linked to targets to be achieved by our distributors," an official from an Indian steel mill said.But these measures were unlikely to help mills remai...Read More