Articles Tagged "crude oil prices"

Zinc and lead spot prices rally

by Heather Matthews – exclusive to Lead Investing News Zinc and lead metal spot prices showed improvement in today’s markets: this rally represents a positive development for base metals. Today, non-LME spot prices for lead and zinc were up, showing increased investor confidence in commodity investment. Zinc is currently trading at a bid/ask of .06494/0.6585, [...]

Lead Gained 2.2%

The weakened US dollar after a rise in crude oil steadied the London Metal Exchange and saw buyers bringing up base metal futures on the Multi Commodity Exchange. Copper inventories fell by 50 tons, while aluminium stockpiles declined by 1,525 tons, traders said. Meanwhile, lead gained 2.2 per cent to 1,845 US dollar a tonne [...]