A recovery in sentiment toward the Chinese economy lifted the prices of key industrial metals in the past week, although oil suffered from fears of further over-supply following the lifting of sanctions on Iran next year. The price of gold also struggled – as we had anticipated – ahead of the Fed decision on US interest rates this coming Thursday.
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