The performance of industrial and precious metals prices has diverged in the last month. Industrial metals have benefited from more positive economic data out of China while precious metals have fallen on renewed expectations that the Fed will hike rates by end-2016. Given the extent of some of the price gains this year and the fading boost from policy stimulus in China, we think that some industrial metals are now looking vulnerable to a turn in investor sentiment.
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