
Nickel rose 9.5%, palladium 6.7%, lead 6.2%, zinc 3.1%, copper 3% and aluminum 0.2% in the week, as the Fed held rates steady while the ECB hiked by 25 basis points. The People's Bank of China cut its one-year loan prime rate and seven-day reverse repo rate.
A weaker dollar and Chinese easing support industrial metals and broader commodity demand, with limited direct effect on feed grains. The macro backdrop is supportive of commodity prices overall.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.