[market News] external metals continue to fall by more than 2%

Published: Jun 3, 2019 16:30

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SMM6, March 3: after the close of internal trading, LME basic metals continued to fall, as of 16:26, LME three-month copper fell 0.22 percent to $5810.5 / ton, LME three-month aluminum fell 0.2% to $1790.5 / ton; LME three-month lead fell 0.58 percent to $1796, LME three-month zinc fell 2.1 percent to $2472, LME three-month tin fell 0.13 percent to $18720, and LME three-month nickel fell 0.54 percent to $11925.

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