EUR/USD fell 0.33% to 1.1549, a near one-month low.

At about 10:05 local time on the 14th, a tow vehicle struck the tail of All Nippon Airways flight ANA1279 on the apron at Fukuoka Airport as the aircraft prepared for departure to New Chitose after boarding. There were 187 passengers and crew on board; no injuries were reported. ANA says flight ANA1279 and the return flight ANA1278, scheduled to operate with the same aircraft, were canceled.

LME inventories: copper up 8,425 tonnes, zinc down 25 tonnes, nickel up 12 tonnes, lead down 1,500 tonnes, tin down 80 tonnes, aluminium down 250 tonnes.