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LME base metals mixed ahead of Fed meeting

Xinhua, September 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) were mixed Tuesday amid increased caution ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week.

The Fed's policy board will decide whether to raise the Federal Funds rate, which would be the first such increase in nearly a decade.

In the metals, the three-month unofficial copper price was up 21.5 U.S. dollars, or 0.41 percent, to 5,327.5 U.S. dollars per tonne.

In other metals, the three-month unofficial aluminium price lost 15.5 U.S. dollars, or 0.95 percent, to 1,610.5 U.S. dollars a tonne. The three-month unofficial lead price was up 15 U.S. dollars, or 0.90 percent, to 1,686 U.S. dollars a tonne.

Meanwhile, the three-month unofficial zinc price lost 31 U.S. dollars, or 1.76 percent, to 1,731 U.S. dollars a tonne. The three-month unofficial nickel price was up 30 U.S. dollars, or 0.30 percent, to 9,990 U.S. dollars a tonne.

The three-month unofficial tin price was at 15,550 U.S. dollars a tonne, unchanged with the previous trading day. Endit