The metals are capping are coiling under some fairly stubborn price resistance.
Let's see how they do if stocks take a short term drop.
Otherwise this looks like a delaying action, a cosmetic appliqué.
"The world needs a new generation of policymakers who don’t hobnob with billionaire speculators and who understand workers’ concerns. Unfortunately, the change will not come smoothly. Political turmoil in the West is very much about this. A heavy price has to be paid to bring about the change."
Andy Xie, SCMP 21 Sept 2018