It would appear that I am by myself in being interested in this. Not invested yet, just curious. Is it just me?
Nice rise today, with this in the background - so not a bad day really. Sector movers: Weak Asian data weighs on mining stocks, copper prices Mon 10 Mar 2014 LONDON (SHARECAST) - Mining stocks were under the weather on Monday as copper prices slumped after disappointing economic data from Asia dampened the outlook for demand. China registered a surprise trade deficit in February and a sharper-than-expected slowdown in consumer price inflation, pushing copper as much as 2.8% lower to $2.9955 a pound, its lowest in over eight months. ... Bottom performing sectors so far today * Industrial Metals & Mining 841.99 -4.39% Mobile Telecommunications 5,137.64 -3.56% * Mining 16,222.99 -2.38%