Since the beginning of this year, the domestic commodity futures market (coal, steel, plastics, from zinc, aluminium, sugar, cotton) is also seeing strong rise, while the market is generally concerned about the main factors affecting the commodity market and commodity market trend next year. In this regard, Anbound research team concludes that China’s economic condition and Donald Trump winning the presidential election are the two recent major factors impacting commodity market trends. In the next year, the rise of China’s domestic coal and steel prices is limited, and the international market, the crude oil market’s bearish condition is more intense while the industrial commodity market is unlikely to continue the price hike. The long-term trend will be depending on more clear signals delivered by the Trump administration’s economic and trade policies.
