Pre-holiday Stockpiling Drives Inventory Decline, Zinc Prices Consolidate at Highs [SMM Zinc Futures Brief]
[Pre-holiday stockpiling drives inventory decline, zinc prices consolidate at highs] The most-traded SHFE zinc 2611 contract opened at 26,740 yuan/mt. After the open, SHFE zinc consolidated around the daily average, touching an intraday high of 26,855 yuan/mt in early trading and a low of 26,690 yuan/mt during the session, before closing up 50 yuan/mt, or 0.19%, at 26,760 yuan/mt. Trading volume increased to 72,614 lots, and open interest rose by 2,140 lots to 148,000 lots.