LIVE FUTURES REPORT 24/04: SHFE zinc tumbles 1% on rising availability, firm dollar; rest fall Zinc led the rest of the base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange downward during morning trading on Wed nesday April 24, with stock inflows and a firm dollar weighing on the galvanizing metal’s prices.A strong performance by the US dollar on Tuesday has dampened investors’ appetite for commodity investment, in turn pressuring base metals prices on the SHFE this morning.The dollar index, which gauges the strength of the US dollar again st a basket of foreign currencies, hit a high of 97.78 on Tuesday – a fresh high for the year. The index was at 97.66 as at 12.07pm Shanghai time on Wednesday, which compares with a low of 96.74 on April 12.With the dollar surging, SHFE base metals prices were all down this morning. Zinc gave the worst performance of its peers as the galvanizing metal contends with the additional headwind of rising availability. Zinc’s most-traded June c