Nickel adds $425 per tonne on session

In the metals markets on Wednesday, gold was 70 cents lower in slow trade to $628.70/$6.29.35 per troy ounce. Most base metals were lower as well, the one notable exception being nickel, which was $425 higher to $33,225 per tonne. Aluminium dropped $7 to $2,800 per tonne, while zinc fell $90 to $4,290 per tonne and copper was $150 lower to $6,700 per tonne. Lead dropped over 4.5 percent to $1,650 per tonne on another increase in London Metal Exchange inventories.