China's steel sector, and the imported iron ore upon which it relies, are currently locked in a struggle between largely bearish longer-term structural factors and short-term cyclical influences, some of which are bullish.
U.S. farmers may plant fewer corn acres and more soybean acres in 2019 than market participants originally expected due to the recent excessively wet weather and disappointing profitability of corn relative to soybeans.
On the morning of July 11, Paul Pittman was on a corn farm in Western Illinois, unaware his company had taken a devastating hit.
Today British Prime Minister Theresa May will put the case for a short Brexit extension to the 27 other national leaders of the European Union before leaving the room for them to deliberate without her.
As Britain inches towards Brexit, the market for top-rated sterling bonds has had its busiest start to the year on record, driven by UK banks' clamour for super-safe triple-A rated debt in order to meet stringent new safeguards imposed by regulators.
After ploughing billions into emerging market equities since October, investors have started to show signs of hesitation, but an uptick in earnings expectations should reassure those hoping to capitalise on stronger economic growth in the emerging world.
Rapid flows of investor money into physically backed platinum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and a sharp drop in speculative bets on lower prices suggest the autocatalyst metal is on the verge of a recovery.
Another 100 tonnes of zinc were loaded out of the London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouse system on Monday.
Investors seem to be betting history will repeat itself, with the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates to keep the U.S. expansion going, just as it did in 1998, producing one final bull run in oil and equity markets.
More ports around the world are banning ships from using a fuel cleaning system that pumps waste water into the sea, one of the cheapest options for meeting new environmental shipping rules.
The pound extended losses on Thursday and derivatives markets signalled more weakness as fears grow of a catastrophic "no-deal" Brexit should lawmakers hold firm in their rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the EU.