Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) +2.7% and Southern Copper (SCCO) +2.6% pre-market Friday as copper prices popped as much as 3.7% to nearly 100,000 yuan/ton (~$14,230) on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, while the most-active March U.

Geopolitical risks, shifting supply pressures and key moving averages guide crude oil sentiment as traders assess WTI trends and short-term volatility.

Oil futures picked up from four sessions of losses after President Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned tankers entering or leaving Venezuela.

Behind the move is a sharp narrowing in the profitability of the basis trade, in which traders attempt to capture a spread by buying spot bitcoin while selling BTC futures.

U.S. stock futures slipped on Wednesday after Tuesday’s higher close. Futures of major benchmark indices fell.

Crude futures settled higher on the day, but down in a week marked by geopolitical themes around Venezuela and Russia-Ukraine, while underlying concerns about oversupply kept sentiment bearish.

Crude oil futures stall at the 50-day average as U.S. growth, Venezuela tensions, and rising inventories shape the short-term outlook for traders.

Stocks looked set to rise on Wednesday, with investors deciding that delayed jobs data would strengthen the case for the Federal Reserve to carry on cutting interest rates in 2026. Futures tracking th

China's Guangzhou Futures Exchange will adjust minimum daily opening positions and trading limits for certain platinum and palladium futures contracts starting December 29, the exchange said on Thursday.

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