Fears that the Asian giant was sputtering to a slowdown have in recent months dented global markets and weighed on commodity prices, which are particularly sensitive to the strength of Chinese demand.

近月来，有关中国经济正趋于放缓的担忧，影响了全球市场，也连累了对这个亚洲巨型经济体的需求尤为敏感的大宗商品价格。

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In recent years, commodity exchanges have built up their technologies to allow easier access for computer-based traders, which have become a dominant force in some markets.

近年来，各商品交易所已开发出能让使用电脑的交易员更便捷进行交易的技术，这类交易员在一些市场上已经成为主导力量。

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Despite this we have seen a continuous strong rising trend in many commodity markets.

尽管如此，我们已经在诸多商品市场中看到了一个连续的强有力的上升趋势。

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While possibilities abound, commodity markets have a tendency to swing violently and wreck havoc on the portfolios of the experienced and inexperienced investor alike. (Read Petrobras To Focus On Brazilian Production To Outstrip Exxon Atop Oil Markets, Says CFO).

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Also moving markets was a spike in commodity prices, which have been on a downward trajectory recently.

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The big losses in crude oil this week have been a bearish underlying factor for the metals and other commodity markets.

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