China's macro-economic sentiment exerts downward pressure on base metals

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly down at the opening of Tuesday trading, with the complex facing downward pressure from negative macro-economic sentiment in China.

Three-month futures prices at the opening of Tuesday’s trading at 9:10am compared with Monday’s 5pm close:

Copper: $8,884 per tonne, down 0.4% Aluminium: $2,362.50 per tonne,...