Base metals closed up with gains of 0.8 percent yesterday, aluminium was the only metal to buck the trend with a 0.7 percent decline to $1,573, zinc led the rebound with a two percent rise, lead climbed 1.5 percent to set a fresh high for the year at $1,988, nickel was up 1.1 percent, tin climbed 0.6 percent and copper closed up 0.3 percent at $4,781 – all in all a bullish performance. Precious metals closed up an average of 0.4 percent, platinum rose 0.9 percent to $1,028, the others were up between 0.2 and 0.3 percent with gold prices closing at $1,315.50. Read more at fastmarkets.com