Copper prices rose on Thursday on receding fears about a trade war and increased demand for higher risk assets as stocks recovered some of their earlier losses in this holiday-shortened week. Nonetheless, copper finished the quarter down 7 percent on rising inventories. SEE MORE Magnesium is an industrially-important metal with a broad range of applications. SEE MORE Zinc mine output is set to increase this year, as strong prices have prompted miners to bring idled capacity back online. SEE MORE Exxon Mobil Corp roared into Brazil’s prolific offshore oil fields again on Thursday, clinching eight blocks in partnership with other oil firms eager to lap up the country’s choice reserves ahead of presidential elections later this year. SEE MORE Crude oil markets chop around during trading on Thursday, as we continue to bounce around in consolidation and a lack of directionality. Most hedge funds are bullish of crude oil currently, so that tends to offer a bit of support underneath. SEE MORE