Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:13:03 GMT
Zinc moves higher ahead of China's data
Industrial metals advanced on Thursday despite an unexpected contraction of manufacturing activity in Philadelphia region. Base metals complex found support on better-than-expected numbers from the US job and housing market. Meanwhile, market players continued to anticipate Chinese data releases due on Friday.Aluminum climbed, tracking gains of the US equities. However, the upswing was limited by bloated LME inventories. LME stocks