
The US dollar held steady against a basket its rivals on Tuesday, while sterling was the weakest performer after tepid growth increased the likelihood that the Bank of England will cut interest rates this month.
Three-month LME aluminium retreated to its lowest in more than a week at US$ 1,788.5 per tonne in European trading hours, before it recovered some ground to close the trading day 0.77 per cent weaker at US$ 1,798 per tonne. LME aluminium gave back all the gains from the previous two days, as was expected to trade between US$ 1,780 per tonne and US$ 1,810/ per tonne on January 14.
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LME aluminium cash (bid) price, on January 14, came in at US$ 1767 per tonne, while LME official settlement price at US$ 1767.5 per tonne. 3-months bid price rose to US$ 1796 per tonne and 3-months offer price US$ 1797 per tonne. Dec 20 bid price stood at US$ 1933 per tonne, and Dec 20 offer price at US$ 1938 per tonne.
The LME aluminium opening stock dropped to 1381175 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled at 762100 tonnes and Cancelled Warrants 619075 tonnes.
LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference Price hovered at US$ 1796.50per tonne.
SHFE Aluminium Price Trend
Benchmark aluminium price for SHFE (Shanghai Future Exchange) continued to remain unchanged at US$2099 per tonne, as of Wednesday, January 15, 2020.
The price gap between the SHFE January and February contracts narrowed to RMB 470 per tonne by Tuesday’s close. SMM expects SHFE aluminium contracts to remain weak prior to the release of SMM primary aluminium social inventory data on Thursday.
The most traded SHFE 2003 contract shed 0.32 per cent in overnight trading session to end at RMB 13,960 per tonne. Some shorts may move to the March contract as the January one is about expire. This coupled with softer consumption and higher inventories will weigh on the SHFE 2003 contract, which is likely to move at RMB 13,900-14,100 per tonne today. Spot discounts are seen at RMB 100-80 per tonne over the SHFE 2001 contract.
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