LME base metals under pressure after latest US CPI data

Base metal futures on the London Metal Exchange mostly trended lower at the 5pm close on Tuesday, March 14 after key economic data from the United States fell broadly in line with market expectations, thereby providing little support to prices.

Three-month futures prices were as follows at the 5pm close, compared with Monday's close:

Copper: $8,833.50 per tonne, down 1.1% Aluminium: $2,352.50 per tonne, up 0.8% Nickel: $23,040 per...

Published

Callum Perry

March 14, 2023

18:15 GMT

London