February 07, 2011

Base metals ends higher on Euro debt crisis

The base metals complex delivered a good performance on the LME last week. Prices were driven by favorable economic data from the US and the Euro Zone released in the last week.

But, prices also took cues from developments on the crisis in Egypt. This led to major concern in the global financial markets and sharp gains further were capped on the back of these worries. The US Dollar Index (DX) closed on a flat note in the last week.