IRON-ORE
For iron-ore, it is the morning after the night before. Prices have given up most of the gains inspired by Donald Trump’s surprise win and a speculative frenzy in China, with a surge in port stockpiles in the top user reminding investors that fundamentals still count. “The speed of the recent rally leaves it open to the charge that price action has been too much, too fast,” Dane Davis, an analyst at Barclays in New York, said in a note that asked “After the party....the hangover?” The balance of risk for iron as well as copper is skewed to the downside as the dollar strengthens and the effects of Trump’s win wear off, according to Davis.
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