[sudden] what is the impact of the earthquake on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines?

[SMM Nickel Flash] On June 16, futures stopped falling in the previous trading session, driving an improvement in market sentiment. NPI market transactions saw a surge in volume, with actual orders placed for various grades of material. The overall trading atmosphere noticeably improved compared to the earlier period, with divergent transaction prices but a concurrent increase in liquidity across different grades. Steady futures supported the restoration of market sentiment, and coupled with the support of bulk spot transactions, the short-term NPI market maintained a pattern of tiered pricing, recovering transactions, and a rebounding price center.

[SMM Nickel Flash] On June 16, the SMM high-grade NPI market sentiment factor was 2.31, up 0.02 MoM; the high-grade NPI upstream sentiment factor was 2.75, up 0.01 MoM; and the high-grade NPI downstream sentiment factor was 1.87, up 0.03 MoM.

[Revue quotidienne SMM : Transactions par lots multi-qualités conclues, les prix de la fonte de nickel se raffermissent par paliers] Actualités du 15 juin : Le facteur de sentiment amont pour la NPI de haute qualité de SMM s’élevait à 2,75, en hausse de 0,01 sur un mois, tandis que le facteur de sentiment aval pour la NPI de haute qualité atteignait 1,87, en hausse de 0,03 sur un mois.