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Geopolitics trump fundamentals

Commodity price indices surged in April despite a jump in the US dollar. Fading fears of a global trade war gave a lift to riskier assets more generally, while escalating tensions in the Middle East and US sanctions on Russia pushed up oil and aluminium prices in particular.

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