China’s Huawei Sets up Commodities Hedging Team in Singapore, Hong Kong

DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP

Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) is building a commodities team to hedge and trade metals and energy products, according to the Chinese technology company’s job posts on professional social network LinkedIn.

The company was looking for a commodity trader and a commodity market analyst in Singapore a month ago, the posts on LinkedIn showed. Both positions are no longer accepting applications. (REUTERS)

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