Crude oil plunges, gold and silver rebound strongly, most metals rise, LME copper, zinc, tin, nickel, and SHFE tin and nickel lead gains [Overnight Market]

Published: Nov 03, 2026 08:30 (GMT+8)

SMM, November 3:

In the metals market:

Overnight, base metals on both domestic and overseas markets mostly rose, with only LME lead and SHFE lead falling together. LME lead dropped 0.29%, and SHFE lead dropped 0.99%. LME copper, LME zinc, LME tin, LME nickel, as well as SHFE tin and SHFE nickel, all rose more than 1%. LME copper gained 1.21%, LME zinc gained 1.2%, LME tin gained 1.9%, and LME nickel gained 1.5%. SHFE tin rose 1.2%, and SHFE nickel rose 1.23%, while the gains of other metals were all within 1%. Alumina rose 0.61%, and the main casting aluminum contract rose 0.57%.

Overnight, ferrous metals showed mixed performance. Stainless steel rose 2.78%, and hot-rolled coil rose 0.09%. Rebar and hot-rolled coil edged down slightly. For coking coal and coke, coking coal fell 0.32%, and coke fell 0.67%.

Overnight, precious metals rebounded across the board. COMEX gold rose 1.48%, and COMEX silver rose 2.91%. In China, SHFE gold rose 1.18%, and SHFE silver rose 3.41%.

Closing prices as of 6:40 a.m. on November 3:

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