SHANGHAI, Apr 17 (SMM) – The most-traded SHFE 2305 aluminium contract opened at 18,765 yuan/mt at last Friday’s night session and climbed to 18,830 yuan/mt, but then fell back to 18,700 yuan, closing up 5 yuan/mt or 0.03%.
LME aluminium opened at $2,362/mt last Friday and closed at $2,390/mt, up $28/mt or 1.14%.
On the macro level, market was betting that the US Fed would pause interest rate hike amid growing fears of US economic recession, boosting the aluminium market.

![L'alumine recule après une hausse rapide, avec une consolidation sur des volumes en baisse ; l'indice au comptant cesse de baisser et progresse légèrement ; le schéma d'offre forte et de demande faible reste inchangé [Commentaire matinal SMM sur l'alumine]](https://imgqn.smm.cn/usercenter/SBQYr20251217171651.jpg)
![SHFE l'aluminium poursuit sa hausse, l'écart de prix Guangdong-Shanghai attire significativement les transferts de marchandises [Revue de midi de l'aluminium au comptant SMM]](https://imgqn.smm.cn/usercenter/VTjoW20251217171653.jpg)
