The prices of most industrial metals rose in April, although prices have eased back in the last week. A weaker US dollar, as market expectations of US interest rate rises were scaled back, was a key factor supporting metals prices. Encouraging March economic data out of China was an additional factor. However, with investor sentiment, rather than underlying fundamentals, driving prices, we would caution that some of the recent price rises are overdone.
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