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Base metals rise above market slump 

AFTER long weekends in both the US and UK, markets across Europe were down in trade overnight as real concerns rose that the populist/far right alliance of the Five Star/League parties may capitalise on the inability of a government to form in Italy and use any future election as a referendum on the country's future in the European Union.

Tin has risen 3% this year.

Tin has risen 3% this year.

The uncertainty around the future of the Euro zone, combined with oil's continuing slide (to US$66.73 per barrel), acted to drag global markets.   Australia's S&P 200 followed that trend overnight,...

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