Copper bounced from a one-month low while zinc and other metals extended losses on Tuesday on uncertainty over the economic recovery in China, the world's biggest raw materials consumer. Chinese shares rose to their highest in nearly three months, helped by a series of policies to aid the nation's struggling economy, including plans for debt-to-equity swaps.
Investors in commodities, however, are waiting for signs of a strong pick-up in physical demand for industrial metals. A rally in prices from mid-January to mid-March was over-extended, fuelled by speculators, analysts said...............................................Full Article: Source
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