Morning Bid: Metals zoom as investors wait on rates

Copper and gold made record highs in Asia trade on Monday and silver surged over $30. Gold's 18% rally over the year to date has been attributed, variously, to Chinese buying, global political tension and expectations that U.S. rates will start to fall soon, seen as a boon for a metal that does not pay a yield at all.

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