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Negative sentiment weighing on prices

It has been a dismal few weeks for commodity prices. Prices have generally fallen amid signs of somewhat slower Chinese growth and concerns about subdued growth in oil demand and still-high stocks. While we expect a more concerted drawdown of stocks to support oil prices in the second half of the year, we are less positive on the demand outlook for many industrial metals.

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