The commodity boom came to an abrupt end! Basic metals fell across the board, copper and nickel fell sharply, and crude oil fell three times in a row
The minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting show that the Federal Reserve may postpone interest rate cuts due to continued inflation, thus suppressing market expectations of interest rate cuts, and crude oil prices fell in response. Lun Copper closed down 4.05%, while Lunn Nickel fell 4.4%. Some analysts pointed out that the main reason for the decline in copper prices may be related to investors starting to make a profit settlement after copper prices hit a record high, recent weakness in copper demand, and a possible increase in copper production in Peru in 2024.
Trending Industry Today: CCB Leads Gains In High Dividend Concept Stocks
May 10th - The industry of $High Dividend Concept(BK1344.HK)$ is trending higher today with 20 constituents up and CCB leading Gains.$CCB(00939.HK)$ inches up 6.81% to HK$5.64 with a turnover of HK$10
CCB releases quarterly report: profit of 86.8 billion yuan in the first quarter, a slight decrease over the previous year
Annualized weighted ROE reached 11.59%
Coal stocks fell in Q1, China Shenhua's revenue increased slightly, and profit fell 14% year on year | Financial News
The first quarter results of coal stocks were poor, and China's Shenhua, the “leading coal and electricity company,” was no exception. Profits fell 14% in the first quarter. On Friday, China's Shenhua released its financial report for the first quarter of 2024. The financial report showed that China Shenhua achieved revenue of 87.647 billion yuan, a slight increase of 0.7% year on year; current profit attributable to the company's owners was 17.760 billion yuan, down 14.1% year on year, mainly due to falling coal prices; and net cash inflow from operating activities was 28.553 billion yuan, a slight year-on-year decline. Judging from the main operating indicators, in the first quarter of 2024, China Shenhua produced 81.3 million commercial coal
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After keeping an eye on the Middle East for a week, oil prices finally “fluctuated” and returned to a “waiting mode”
Although oil prices have never surpassed the high before Iran attacked Israel last weekend, the volume of bullish Brent crude oil options soared to a record high. Brent crude oil futures fluctuated the most in a few months, leaving traders in almost the same situation as a week ago during the weekend, waiting for the next steps of Israel and Iran.