The spot price for iron ore is US$156.60 a tonne, ahead of the Australian market open.
As iron ore exports account for anywhere between 20-40% of Australia?s total exports, the price of iron ore is a key indicator for the trading day on the Australian stock market.
In other commodities, copper is trading at US$4.64 per pound, nickel is US$48,211 per tonne, and lithium is CNY?493500 per tonne.
Gold is trading at US$1996.51 per ounce.
WTI crude oil is selling for US$106.02 per barrel while Brent oil is lower at US$109.07 per barrel.