MORNING VIEW: LME base metals prices consolidating in high ground With Chinese markets closed, volume traded on the London Metal Exchange has been light this morning, Tuesday May 4, with 2,368 lots traded as of 6.14am. But the base metals were holding up in high ground with gains averaging 0.7%, led by a 1.1% rise in copper to $9,916.50 per tonne. The US Dollar Index, recently at 91.16, was consolidating off last week’s low of 90.42 Base metals The rallies in the LME base metals were looking robust this morning with copper, aluminium, zinc and tin, near recent highs, while ...