Aluminium Hits Record Top; Oil, Wheat at Multi-Year Highs on Supply Woes

Aluminium Hits Record Top; Oil, Wheat at Multi-Year Highs on Supply Woes
Aluminium blocks are seen in Wagner Automotiv industry in Gradacac, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Feb. 8, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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SINGAPORE—Commodity markets extended their bull runs on Thursday, with aluminium, coal and palm oil all hitting new records while crude oil and wheat scaled multi-year highs as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted global raw material flows.

Russia’s stature as a top supplier in oil, gas, metals, grain and shipping markets has meant that the harsh sanctions applied to several Russian entities following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has upended several critical resource supply chains.