Strong dollar and ample supply weigh on prices

Renewed strength in the US currency undermined most commodity prices again last month, with ample supply dragging down crude oil and many agricultural too. Lingering concerns over the risk of a “hard landing” in China also weighed on some industrial metals, although policy stimulus means that this negative at least may now have run its course.

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