The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Tuesday June 19.
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were broadly lower during morning trading after escalated trade tensions between the United States and China, as well as a surging dollar index, pile pressure on the complex.Nickel prices recorded the sharpest drop of the complex, falling more than 2% to a low of $14,580 per tonne during morning trading. Initially shrugged off by the base metals group, the rallying dollar index...