HomeNon-ferrous MetalsPrecious metals LME base metals prices holding up despite weak Chinese data Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed on the morning of Thursday March 31, with a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing likely to weigh on overall sentiment. • China’s purchasing managers indices (PMI) for manufacturing and non-manufacturing dropped into contraction mode in March. • This raises the prospects of stagflation, but the silver lining is it may spur China into... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published William Adams March 31, 2022 08:41 GMT London Keywords Metals morning view copper gold Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}