This Morning

In China, most-actively traded SHFE copper and aluminum futures both settled 1.1% lower earlier today, although nickel prices edged up in Shanghai. In London, LME 3-mo. copper and aluminum were trading down around $4,780/mt and $1,530/mt, respectively, as of this writing. In equities trading, share prices were down at most of the major exchange in Asia and Europe this morning, and as the WSJ’s Daily Shot reports, Mondays have not been good for the S&P 500 this year: