Last Friday, LME zinc opened at $2,436.5/mt and finally closed up at $2466/mt, up $36/mt, or 1.48%. The trading volume decreased by 1500 lots to 7139 lots, and the open interest decreased by 387 lots to 201,000 lots. LME inventory fell by 1,850 mt to 76,525 mt, a decrease of 2.36%. The annual rate of the US core PCE price index in September was recorded at 3.7%, the lowest since May 2021. The new low strengthened the market's belief that the Federal Reserve will suspend interest rate hikes.
The most active SHFE 2312 zinc contract prices opened at 21145 yuan/mt and gained 300 yuan/mt or 1.43% to settle at 21270 yuan/mt. Trading volumes were 72303 lots and open interest grew 5576 lots to 85372 lots. Zinc inventories in the seven major markets of China fell 5,700 mt to 96,900 mt, supporting zinc prices.



