Commodities news

The government shutdown is expected to have a limited impact on markets as the tangible effects on growth are small, but gold is likely to remain bid as traders sell some risk

The US Government heads for another shutdown, potentially delaying economic data and leading to permanent lay-offs.

Technical overview remains bullish in both daily and weekly time frames, and trader bias remains heavy to extreme buy.

Steel is trading at $797 per short tonne as of 11:35 UTC on 16 September 2025 (Trading Economics, 16 September 2025).

Nickel is trading near $15,403 at 16:25 UTC on 15 September 2025, within an intraday range of $15,295-$15,472.

A line can be drawn on copper's price chart starting in 2006, capturing one, two, three, four reactions over 19 consecutive years.

Major tailwinds are pushing gold to new all-time highs.

The technical overview remains volatile given the uptick in intraday price action combined with record highs, while in sentiment still a story of majority long bias among both clients and institutional traders.

It has made quick work of the infamous $40 level to comfortably move within the handle, and it’s still a story of majority long sentiment among traders both large and small

Iron ore is a vital industrial commodity, underpinning steel production and infrastructure worldwide.