Russia surpassed Germany as Europe's biggest auto market in the first half as sales rose 41 percent to 1.65 million cars, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said.

High prices ease pain for Alcoa
Aluminum giant's second-quarter profit decline isn't as bad as Wall Street estimated due to prices and greater demand.

There was another story concerning Japan machine orders up 10% higher than expected...  Which tells me the Metals market will remain strong, due to infrastructure, and machine and machine orders...