
The US dollar held firm above a one-month low against its rivals after a news report on Wednesday from Bloomberg that said the US and China were edging closer to a trade deal. LME base metals, except for aluminium and nickel, drifted higher on Wednesday. The SHFE aluminium dipped 0.07%.
Three-month LME aluminium erased earlier gains to its lowest in more than one week at US$1,748 per tonne on Wednesday night, before it recovered some ground to close down 0.54% at US$1,758.5 per tonne. The unwinding of long positions primary accounted for the loss in prices, which bucked the uptrend across most nonferrous metals.
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As on December 4, Wednesday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1770.50 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1771 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1763 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 1763.50 per tonne; Dec 20 bid price stands at US$ 1823 per tonne, and Dec 20 offer price stands at US$ 1828 per tonne.
The LME aluminium opening stock increased again to 1274850 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled at 1121500 tonnes, and Cancelled Warrants were 153350 tonnes.
LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference Price is hovering at US$ 1766 per tonne.
SHFE Aluminium Price Trend
Benchmark aluminium price for SHFE (Shanghai Future Exchange) dropped to US$ 1998 per tonne today December 5, 2019.
The most-liquid SHFE 2001 contract regained early losses as it rebounded from an intraday low of RMB 13,905 per tonne, finishing 0.14% higher on the day at RMB 13,970 per tonne amid short-covering. The SHFE 2001 contract recovered from earlier losses to end a tad lower at RMB 13,940 per tonne overnight. It is likely to waver between RMB 13,890-14,000 per tonne today, with spot premiums of RMB 50-70 per tonne over the SHFE 1912 contract.
SMM will release its weekly primary aluminium inventories data today. The changes in domestic social inventories of primary aluminium will continue to determine near-term prices.
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