LME base metals prices mixed; market waits for Fed announcement

Three-month London Metal Exchange base metal prices were mixed at the 5pm close on Wednesday September 20; aluminium and zinc pushed up by 1.8% and 2.3%, respectively, while nickel fell by 1.6%.

Three-month futures prices at the 5pm close on Wednesday were as follows, compared with the previous day’s 5pm close:

Copper: $8,345.5 per tonne, up by 0.6% Aluminium: $2,256...