Shanghai Zinc Spot Discounts Shrink with Better Trading, SMM Reports

Published: Jul 7, 2017 13:38

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Spot discounts of domestic zinc narrowed 10-20 yuan per tonne in Shanghai market July 7 as trading improved, SMM reported.

SHANGHAI, Jul. 7 (SMM) - Spot discounts of domestic zinc narrowed 10-20 yuan per tonne in Shanghai market July 7 as trading improved, SMM reported.

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#0 zinc traded 40 yuan per tonne below or 120 yuan per tonne above July zinc on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE). Downstream buyers purchased actively when zinc prices were lower. Overall trading was better than yesterday.

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#0 zinc traded mainly in 23,060-23,250 yuan per tonne range in Shanghai on July 7. #0 zinc prices in Guangdong were 23,000-23,050 yuan per tonne and 23,100-23,300 yuan per tonne in Tianjin.

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