Soybeans Lead Grains Rally; Brazil Watches China
The soybean-tracking fund rose 1.98% as China kept buying and Black Sea risk lifted wheat. Corn and wheat trackers also...
September 2, 2026Section
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Oil Surges on Hormuz Attack; Petrobras, YPF Rally
WTI proxies jumped after two tankers were struck near the Strait of Hormuz. Petrobras and YPF shares climbed as the...
September 2, 2026
Latin America Steel Wrap: CSN ADR Surges 8.65%
CSN's New York line jumped 8.65% while Gerdau and Ternium advanced. Tariffs shield Brazilian and Mexican mills, but cheap Chinese...
September 2, 2026
Iron Ore Wrap: Vale Edges up as China Restocks
Iron ore proxies were mixed on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Vale rose while Rio Tinto slipped, as China's steelmakers restocked...
September 2, 2026
Zinc Wrap: Nexa Falls 3.6%, Buenaventura Slides
Zinc futures rose 1.3% to US$3,907.80 a tonne on Tuesday, but the main Latin American zinc proxies fell sharply. Nexa...
September 2, 2026
Lithium Wrap: LIT Slips as Albemarle, SQM Diverge
LIT fell 2.17% to US$74.71 while Albemarle rose 0.42% and SQM gained 1.90%. Physical lithium benchmarks in Asia climbed, but...
September 2, 2026
Copper Slumps on Fed Hike Bets: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Copper proxies slid Tuesday as a stronger dollar and rising Fed rate-hike bets hit the industrial metal. Chile and Peru...
September 2, 2026
Bitcoin Slips Below $78,000 on Fed Fears; LatAm Stablecoins
Bitcoin eased to US$77,404 on Tuesday as Treasury yields climbed. LatAm adoption stays anchored in dollar stablecoins, with Brazil and...
September 2, 2026
Gold Slips Below $4,400, Silver Tumbles on Rate-Hike Bets
Gold and silver fell hard on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, as a firmer dollar and rising Treasury yields, after Fed...
September 2, 2026