Last evening, LME zinc prices opened at $2526/mt and went up to close at $2560/mt, up $32/mt or 1.27%. Trading volume increased to 14219 lots, and open interest decreased 967 lots to 210,000 lots.
Overnight LME inventories fell by 4,750 tons to 127,450 tons, a decrease of 3.59%. At the same time, boosted by domestic fiscal policy support and the end of the European Central Bank's interest rate hike expectations, LME zinc rose all the way.
The most active SHFE 2310 zinc contract prices opened at 22100 yuan/mt and closed at 21990 yuan/mt last evening, up 170 yuan/mt or 0.78%. The trading volume was down to 76990 lots, and open interest decreased 1926 lots to 108,000 lots. Overnight, the central bank sent another RRR cut message, which raised expectations for improving demand.



