Platinum and Palladium Have Been Left Behind in the Precious Metals Rally and These 3 ETFs Could Be the Next Catch Up Trade

Gold and silver stole the precious metals story over the past year. Platinum and palladium sat it out. That gap sets up the choice between three physically-backed trusts: abrdn Platinum ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:PPLT), abrdn Palladium ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:PALL), and GraniteShares Platinum Trust (NYSEARCA:PLTM). On the surface these look like three flavors of the same trade. In practice, one metal is riding a hydrogen tailwind, one is …

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Copper: Physical demand supports prices – ING

ING’s Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey highlight supportive fundamentals for Copper, with tightening LME warehouse dynamics and strong physical demand. They note a sharp jump in cancelled warrants, particularly in Asia, pushing cancellations to about 43% of inventories, while on-warrant stocks fall to multi‑month lows as shipments are diverted to the US ahead of a review of import tariffs. LME …

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Geopolitical conflicts amid cooling inflation, aluminium prices strong with limited upside room

The most-traded SHFE aluminium 2608 contract closed at RMB 23,165 per tonne, down 45 yuan or 0.19 per cent from yesterday’s settlement price. It opened at RMB 23,350 per tonne intraday and fluctuated in the range of RMB 23,165–23,380 per tonne. The price was trading above the MA5 (23,107.00) and MA10 (22,967.50) but below the MA30 (23,493.83) and MA60 (24,101.25). …

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