Metals Chart Pack Gold continues to shine on rising inflationary pressures Precious metals prices rallied over the past month, bolstered by a weaker US dollar and a lessening of fears over a slowdown in China. While gold benefited from the Fed’s dovishness in its latest... 18th March 2016 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack A turn in sentiment or a “false dawn”? The prices of industrial metals rose in February. In the first half of the month, the combination of lower US interest rate expectations and some weakness in the dollar appeared to be supporting... 3rd March 2016 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack Some respite for prices in late January The prices of industrial metals fell further in early January, unsettled by a renewed collapse in the crude oil price and by uncertainty surrounding exchange rate policy in China. However, sentiment... 4th February 2016 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack Gold shines on global woes Precious metals’ performances continued to diverge in January. The prices of gold and silver rallied on the back of safe-haven demand following the recent turmoil in global equity markets. In contrast... 3rd February 2016 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack PMs shrug off Fed’s first rate hike Precious metals’ performances diverged in December. Gold and silver prices were broadly flat despite the Fed hiking interest rates for the first time since 2006, while platinum and palladium recovered... 13th January 2016 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack A bit of a breather in December The prices of industrial metals recouped a little lost ground in the final month of 2015, but still fell sharply last year. The relative resilience in December probably reflected a number of factors... 6th January 2016 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack The supply response is underway Towards the end of November, there were a number of announcements of supply cuts from China’s metal producers. In particular, producers of nickel and zinc pledged to cut output by 20% next year, while... 2nd December 2015 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack PM prices slump on strong dollar and China fears The prices of the major precious metals continued to fall in November, weighed down by the strength of the US dollar and persistent concerns over a hard landing in China. While demand and supply... 2nd December 2015 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack Fed inaction drives gold and silver prices lower The performance of the major precious metals continued to diverge in October. While the platinum price was buoyed by strong euro-zone auto sales, gold and silver prices remained tied to the... 4th November 2015 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack Producers have started cutting supply Many metals markets have been in comfortable surplus this year, which has been a factor weighing on prices. However, in October there were signs that supply cuts in response to low prices are starting... 3rd November 2015 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack Investor sentiment deteriorates further Concerns about the scale of the slowdown in China continued to weigh on metals prices in September. The decision by the US Fed to delay the first interest rate rise only provided temporary relief. As... 5th October 2015 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack VW scandal drives a wedge between PGMs The performance of the major precious metals continued to diverge in September, with the palladium price buoyed by the Volkswagen scandal, while the other precious metals edged lower (before gold... 2nd October 2015 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack What do the new COFER data tell us about China’s reserves? China appears to hold a larger than average share of its fx reserves in US dollars, UK pounds and Australian dollars at the expense of euros and the Japanese yen. This is the conclusion we have... 2nd October 2015 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack Safe-haven demand drives gold and platinum higher The performance of the major precious metals diverged sharply in August, with gold and platinum outperforming their sister metals, silver and palladium. A further slump in Chinese equities and... 4th September 2015 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack Prices regain some lost ground After falling steadily throughout August, in large part associated with a plunge in Chinese equities, the prices of most industrial metals have rallied in the last week. That said, the S&P GSCI... 4th September 2015 · 1 min read
Metals Chart Pack Investor sentiment plumbs new lows The S&P GSCI industrial metals index has now fallen by nearly 10% since the end of the second quarter. A deterioration in investor sentiment weighed on prices throughout most of July, while the... 13th August 2015 · 1 min read
