This week, the US stock market ended its recent continuous downward trend, boosted by major financial reports. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed higher, rising 0.87% and 1.11%, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average also recorded 0.67% growth. Goldman Sachs, in particular, performed well in the financial sector, with an increase of more than 3%. US stocks: The Dow rose 0.67%, the S&P 500 index rose 0.87%, and the NASDAQ rose 1.11%.
In the technology sector, although Tesla continued to fall due to price adjustments, with a cumulative decline of more than 14% over a week, the strong performance of Nvidia and Arm led to a rise in the entire chip sector. Nvidia rose more than 4%, and Arm surged nearly 7%. Furthermore, Apple's AI big model development plan and Musk's emphasis on autonomous taxis (RoboTaxi) have also become the focus of market attention.
In the US bond market, the two-year US Treasury yield once broke through 5.0% and reached a five-month high, then declined somewhat. The US dollar index declined slightly after experiencing fluctuations, while the exchange rate of the yen against the US dollar hit a new low since 1990. In the commodity market, risk perception in the Middle East has decreased. Gold and silver prices have dropped sharply, gold has fallen below the closing record high, and crude oil prices have also declined somewhat. Copper and aluminum prices have fluctuated, and aluminum prices have reached new highs in nearly two years.
The Chinese market also showed fluctuations. A-shares fluctuated and adjusted throughout the day, and oil and gas and cyclical stocks did not perform well. However, Hong Kong stocks closed higher, with Tencent rising by more than 5%. The overall performance of Chinese securities listed in the US is strong...

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Copper prices soared to a 22-month high
After the global copper mine supply was impacted at the end of last year, as global manufacturing demand showed signs of recovery, copper mine supply reduction combined with stronger-than-expected demand, and copper prices rose strongly.Recently, the price of copper has been rising steadily and has attracted market attention. The LME copperfuturesprice has reached its highest level in 22 months.
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BHP released their production results for the nine months ending on the 31st of March, as well as their results for the first quarter of 2024.
Their strongest production was copper, which was increased by 7% with an output of 465.9kt. This was due to improvements in production in Copper South Australia (up 49%) and Escondida mines.
Coal was also up quarter on quarter, despite this, BHP decreased their production expectations an...

After a brief rebound in the US stock market, the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined slightly, while the Nasdaq Composite rose slightly. Among the “Seven Sisters” in the tech sector, Tesla bucked the trend and recorded an increase of nearly 5%, while Meta retreated from its all-time high. The chip industry maintained a positive trend, and TSMC's shares in the US market closed up 1%, despite Nvidia falling 1%.
The strong performance of Tesla's stock price was attributed by some analysts to Elon Musk's urgent announcement of the upcoming autonomous taxi Robotaxi. This move is thought to be aimed at boosting stock prices. At the same time, in addition to its achievements in the graphics processing unit (GPU) performance competition, Nvidia also silently launched NVLink technology, which can significantly increase the data sharing speed between GPU and CPU by 5 to 12 times.
In terms of the US economy, a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that although US inflation expectations seem to remain stable in the short term, concerns about long-term debt have resurfaced. Crude oil prices ended six consecutive gains, while gold hit a record intraday high for seven consecutive days. In the metals market, London copper prices have rebounded to a two-year high, while tin prices have risen by nearly 3.7%, reaching a 14-month high. The price of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin has also risen, once close to a record high.
In the Chinese market, the China Securities Index ended a three-day downward trend. Ideal Auto's stock price rose by nearly 5%, while Baidu's stock price fell by more than 3%...