The LME zinc contract fell after opening lower at $2610mt overnight, and finally closed at $2601/mt, down $6/mt or 0.23%. Trading volume was down to 6294 lots, and open interest fell by 869 lots to 200,000 lots. LME zinc inventory shed by 1775 mt to 72475 mt. The recent positive market sentiment supported LME zinc prices to move rangebound.
The most-traded SHFE 2312 zinc contract opened lower at 21620 yuan/mt and rose before closing at 2140 yuan/mt last evening, down 85 yuan/mt or 0.39%. Trading volume was down to 42592 lots, and open interest fell 1606 lots to 90635 lots. Domestic consumer prices in October fell by 0.2% year-on-year and 0.1% month-on-month. Manufacturing activities slowed down and consumption expectations weakened.



