Commodities from copper to corn tumble on China crackdown, rising dollar
2021-06-18 10:23:42 source：CNBC
June 17, 2021
The prices of commodities were falling sharply on Thursday, cutting into months of gains and weighing on equity markets, as China takes steps to cool off rising prices and the U.S. dollar strengthens.
The decline in commodities was widespread, with futures prices for palladium and platinum falling more than 11% and 7%, respectively, along with declines of nearly 6% for corn futures and 4.8% for contracts tied to copper. Oil prices were also down more than 1%.
Thursday’s move continued a slide that began earlier in the week, thanks in part to actions by Chinese regulators.
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