
The London Metal Exchange market after remaining closed over the weekend till Tuesday, for Christmas, resumed trading yesterday on a low note. Aluminium traded on the bourse closed at US$1,726.5 per tonne after Wednesday's night trading, down 0.77 per cent from the previous closing of US$1,740 per tonne on Friday. The contract dropped below the 60-day moving average and is expected to range between US$1,695-1,720 per tonne on Thursday, December 29.
“LME base metal market reported weak price after returning from Christmas holiday, and overall sentiment is expected to remain weak due to tight year-end liquidity and low trading sentiment before year-end,” says Shanghai Metals Market analysis.
LME Aluminium price has risen from the lows of 2015 (around US$1,400 per tonne) to a fairly high US$1,755 per tonne in mid-December 2016, charting occasional bounces through the last twelve months. For a quick recap of 2016 LME aluminium price trend and the top aluminium news of the year gone by, click Recap 2016. 
In China, benchmark price of aluminium on Shanghai Metal Exchange stood at US$1,836 per tonne, down 1.6 per cent from the previous day.
Aluminium price on Shanghai Futures Exchange also weakened overnight given the year-end liquidity crunch and cautious market sentiment. The weakening of spot market showed through SHFE trading as SHFE 1702 aluminium fluctuated between RMB 12,500-13,000 per tonne on Wednesday. The contract is likely to move at RMB 12,500-12,750 per tonne range and keep testing support at RMB 12,500 per tonne, predicts SMM.
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Spot aluminium in China’s domestic market is expected to trade at RMB 80-120 per tonne on Thursday, says SMM.
API crude oil inventories last week for the US released this morning expectedly surged, weighing on oil price. This further kept base metal prices low across the boards.
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