S&P 500 reaches new high
Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van Zyl
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PolarX finds extra copper potential in Alaska
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Azure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resource
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American Pacific building US copper position
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The index closed up 0.18% to 4,574.79.
Meanwhile a bearish outlook weighed on base metals on the London Metal Exchange, where copper closed down more than 1%, as did nickel.
Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van Zyl
Leadership
PolarX finds extra copper potential in Alaska
SPONSOREDpolarx
Azure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resource
SPONSOREDazure minerals
American Pacific building US copper position
SPONSOREDamerican pacific mining
Marex's Al Munro on the LME desk pointed to global growth concerns, threats to consumption and Bloomberg analysis which forecast car and housing sales dropping again this month in China.
The gold price softened to US$1,793 an ounce on the spot market as the US dollar strengthened.
Among the mining majors, precious metals producer Fresnillo fell 4% in London.
BHP was down more than 1% in midday Australian trade.
Finally, copper major Freeport-McMoRan closed down 1.5% in New York.