London metal exchange reopens trading floor after 18 months

The closure was the only time traders could no longer fill the floor since the Second World War

Traders in the Ring at the London Metal Exchange, in the City of London, after open-outcry trading returned for the first time since March 2020, when the Ring was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The London Metal Exchange is the world centre for industrial metals trading. Picture date: Monday September 6, 2021. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Brokers returned to the UK's only open trading pen today as the London Metal Exchange welcomed back floor trading for the first time in 18 months.

The exchange's famous "ring" filled with traders and will be seen by many as a symbol of life returning to the Square Mile after trading on the site ceased during the pandemic.