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MarketPulse Europe: Miners Rally on U.S.-China Trade Breakthrough


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Investing.com – The European basic resource sector soared in midday trade on Monday, as a trade ceasefire between the U.S. and China sparked demand for growth-linked assets.

The pan-European , with its heavy exposure to China, shot up around 5% by 6:40AM ET (1140GMT), on track for its best day in more than two years.

Fears over a full-blown trade war eased after the U.S. and China, the world’s two largest economies, agreed to a 90-day ceasefire in their longstanding trade dispute.

The announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down with their aides for a working dinner at the end of the G20 summit in Argentina on Saturday.

Mining heavyweights BHP Billiton (LON:) and Rio Tinto (LON:) were both trading more than 5% higher on the news.

producers such as Antofagasta PLC (LON:) and Anglo American (LON:) also contributed to the upbeat performance for the sector, with their stocks gaining 8% and 6.5% respectively.

Tensions between the two economic superpowers have dominated headlines for most of the year, with both sides imposing tit-for-tat tariffs on each other’s products. The standoff had raised fears among investors that the global economy could be dragged down by the dispute.

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