China's coal prices climb

BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters): China's thermal coal prices climbed more than 4.0 per cent on Tuesday and were on track for their biggest one-day gain since November 2016 as investors continued to fret about supplies due to strong demand.

Investors piled on bullish bets even after Beijing intervened last week to try and boost supplies in an effort to snuff out the red-hot rally, which the government says is not supported by fundamentals.

At 10:56 a.m. (0256 GMT), the most-active futures for delivery in September were up 3.92 per cent at 625.4 yuan per tonne. Earlier in the session, they had rallied to 626.8 yuan.