[brief Review of lead in SMM] the trading volume narrowed day by day, Shanghai lead continued to fluctuate the market.

Published: Apr 24, 2020 16:19

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SMM, 24 April:

Within the day, the Shanghai lead main force 2006 contract opened at 13720 yuan / ton, the whole day basically around the daily average wide fluctuation, and the amplitude does not exceed 100 yuan, the final close at 13775 yuan / ton, position reduced to 24894 hands. Shanghai lead closed at the Xiao Yang line, trading volume narrowed day by day, long and short both sides of the wait-and-see mood warmed up, in the fundamentals of obvious changes, Shanghai lead trend is difficult to have unilateral market, or continue the interval concussion trend.

In addition, according to the announcement of the previous issue, there has been no night trading in Shanghai since February 3, and the recovery time has yet to be determined.

(Guo Rong, Shanghai Colored Network Tel: 021-51666879)

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