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Lithium shares slipped on 8 October, with LIT down 0.70% and Albemarle down 0.63%, while Chinese spot lithium carbonate firmed after the holiday. The post Lithium ETF Falls 0.7% as Chinese Spot Prices Firm | Lithium, Oct 8 appeared first on The Rio Times .
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LME copper rose 0.96% to US$14,614.5 on Chinese restocking and a strike at Chile's Centinela mine, while the CPER fund slipped 0.88%.
Gold rebounded on 8 October as yields eased: the GLD fund rose 0.73% and spot gold traded near US$4,135. Silver fund SLV slipped 0.69%.
The COLCAP fell 0.37% to 2,525, extending Wednesday's fall. The peso held up, with the dollar closing at 3,216.81 pesos against a TRM of 3,238.88.
Vale's New York shares fell 1.40% to US$13.42 as Chinese steel losses deepened and hot-metal output fell to a six-month low of 2.34 million tonnes.
Nexa fell 0.71% and Buenaventura rose 0.96% on 8 October. Peru's zinc output fell 10.2% in the first half of 2026, while Nexa plans 6% more.
The SLX steel fund slipped 0.46% and Gerdau fell 1.99% as weak construction demand offset tariff walls in Brazil and Mexico.