Base metals closed down an average of 0.2 percent yesterday with metals quite mixed with nickel closing down 1.7 percent at $9,835, aluminium and tin were off 0.4 percent, copper was unchanged at $4,627 and lead and zinc were up around 0.6 percent. Precious metals were mixed yesterday with gold prices ending the day down 0.3 percent at $1,321.70, having bounced off $1,318 support, silver closed unchanged at $18.55, platinum was off 0.5 percent and palladium was up 0.9 percent. Read more at fastmarkets.com