Alcoa (AA) is one of the largest aluminum producers in the world. It gained 0.11% on April 5 and ended the day at $9.41. Since the beginning of March, Alcoa has been broadly consolidating between the important price levels of $9 and $10. Weakness in aluminum and alumina prices in the last year pulled Alcoa’s prices lower in 2015. Alcoa forecast global aluminum demand growth of 6% in 2016. This is good news for the company. Weak aluminum prices, the weak situation in Europe’s construction sector, and the slowdown in China are the major factors that could impact Alcoa’s share prices. Promising demand from the automotive and aerospace industries along with cost-cutting initiatives could help Alcoa. The price levels of $9 and $10 are the nearest prominent support and resistance levels for Alcoa. Its peer Norsk Hydro (NHYDY) fell 1.3% on April 5.

BHP and Rio Tinto continued to fall

BHP Billiton (BHP) is an Anglo-Australian mining company. It fell for the fourth consecutive trading day. It ended the day at $24.07. This was the lowest day close for BHP Billiton since March 1. It’s a five-week low. Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca listed that BHP Billiton owned two companies in the British Virgin Islands that are “high risk.” It stated that BHP authorized to receive huge sums of money. This news caused negative sentiment around BHP this week. It resulted in a loss of 6.2% in this week alone. This also caused BHP to break the important support level of $25. This acted as a support for almost a month.

Rio Tinto (RIO) is a British-Australian metal and mining corporation. It fell for the second consecutive trading day. It ended the day at $27.32. For the past two months, Rio Tinto has been broadly consolidating between the price levels $25 and $30. These are the nearest prominent support and resistance levels. The SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME) gained 0.6% on April 5.

• [Editor:tianyawei]