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SHFE Nickel Suffers a Loss of 0.74% (Aug. 19, 2015)

iconAug 19, 2015 16:15
Source:SMM
The sharp fall in Chinese stock market triggered bearishness again on Tuesday.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 19 (SMM) – The sharp fall in Chinese stock market triggered bearishness again on Tuesday. SHFE 1601 nickel shifted to the most traded contract again. The contract once dived to RMB 80,620/mt after starting Tuesday evening session at RMB 81,090, to close at RMB 81,390/mt.

The most active contract opened at RMB 81,380/mt on Wednesday and then fell to RMB 80,840/mt in response to China’s slumping shares. But late the price grew to finish at RMB 81,860/mt, off 0.74%. Trading volumes were up 106,000 to 286,000 lots with positions up 11,378 to 154,000, indicating that longs entered market with prices at lows. 


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