All prices on the London Metal Exchange except for copper finished the day on June 29 at higher prices than Monday, with lead showing the biggest gains and setting a new year-to-date high, and aluminium up by 2.5%.
Copper was the only price to close lower on Tuesday, falling 0.6% to $9,334.50 per tonne from Monday's $9,388 per tonne.Earlier in the day, the metal hit a new year-to-date high of $2,322 per tonne, the highest level since June 2018, overtaking its previous 2021 peak of $2,258.50 per tonne from May 10....