The key trend in the global market over the last few months is that the prices of global metals have been faltering. In fact, post October 2016, most metals saw a massive rally in prices. However, after peaking out around late February 2017, metal prices have been under pressure. Prices of industrial metals like aluminium, zinc and copper have a different set of dynamics driving them. Let us take a look at the Bloomberg Global Metals Index in the chart below..

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