LME copper prices opened at $8543/mt and closed at $8489/mt in overnight trading, a drop of 0.42%, with the low-end of $8484.5/mt and the high-end of $8534/mt. Trading volume was 15,000 lots, and open interest stood at 284,000 lots. The most active SHFE 2404 copper contract prices opened at 69090 yuan/mt and closed at 69000 yuan/mt last evening, down 0.25%, with the high-end of 69200 yuan/mt and the low-end of 68980 yuan/mt. Trading volumes stood at 12,000 lots and open interest stood at 148,000 lots. On the macro front, the U.S. dollar index rose last night, but then due to the U.S. PMI data in February falling short of expectations, the U.S. dollar index staged dived, causing copper prices to fluctuate widely. A series of important U.S. economic data will be released this week. In terms of fundamentals, from the supply side, imported copper began to flow into the domestic trade market, which had an impact on spot premiums and discounts, and supply of domestic and imported copper continued to be ample. In terms of consumption, the recovery of market demand is still lower than expected, and the rise in copper prices has exerted a drag on the recovery of demand. According to SMM, some large processing companies have large inventories of raw materials in their warehouses, which are expected to be difficult to be reduced in the short term. Overall, the market pattern of oversupply will continue to exist in the short term. Copper prices will remain at the current level.

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