Appetite for Commodities Increases as Global Manufacturing Improves

Bullish manufacturing reports from China, the Euro Zone and the U.K. helped boost appetite for more risky assets overnight, fueling greater demand for commodities. A better-than-expected U.S. manufacturing report and a report showing an improvement in construction spending is helping to support the established rally at the midsession. U.S. equity markets surged to the upside to catch-up to their European and Asian counter-parts. Since the opening, however, these markets are struggling to