What you need to know: • The metals and mining market showed a fourth straight month of strong gains in April on the back of the escalating trade tensions.
• In April, gold was up 5.6%, silver was down 4.2%, and copper was down 9.6%.
The equities outperformed the commodities, with the GDX up 6.5%, GDXJ up 7.3%, and SIL up 3.3%.