The rise and fall of metals in the Shanghai tin plate hit a new high and the double coke fell by more than 5% [SMM afternoon Review]

Published: Sep 24, 2021 11:59

SMM9, March 24: the US dollar is in shock today, and the number of people applying for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, which was announced on Thursday, indicating that the data fluctuated sharply last week as the job market continued to fully recover. As the global economy rebounded, central banks warned of the possibility of inflation and 10-year Treasury yields rose. By the close of midday, with the exception of Shanghai Aluminum, which recorded a decline of 1.03%, the rest of the metals were up. Shanghai tin is still riding off the dust, rising by as much as 2.26%. After repeatedly brushing new highs a few days ago, it reached 287960 yuan / ton in intraday trading today to create another "miracle". In addition, Shanghai zinc rose 1.44%, Shanghai copper rose 0.46%, Shanghai lead rose 0.81%, and Shanghai nickel rose 0.15%.

In terms of zinc, the mainstream turnover of zinc in Guangdong Province was 22840-22960 yuan per ton, and the quotation concentrated on a price increase of 0-50 yuan per ton for the 2111 contract in Shanghai, and a discount of 90 yuan per ton on the Guangdong market, an increase of 10 yuan per ton over the previous trading day. The first trading session, futures prices upward, downstream procurement demand decline, Guangdong inventory accumulation, the holder shipping pressure increased, positive price adjustment, spot rising water sharply reduced. Kirin, Mengzi and Huize quoted a price of 40-50 yuan per ton for the Shanghai zinc 2110 contract and 10-30 yuan per ton for Tiefeng. In the second trading session, the quotations of individual holders were on the low side, traders made a small number of inquiries and increased the supply of goods, and a small number of transactions were made in the market. Kirin, Mengzi and Huize quoted a price of 20-50 yuan / ton for the Shanghai Zinc 2111 contract, Feilong Pingshui. Kirin, Mengzi, Huize, Tiefeng and other mainstream transactions in 22840-22960 yuan / ton.

Guangdong Zinc: the holder adjusts the price to ship the goods positively the spot rises the water to fall sharply [SMM afternoon review]

In terms of nickel, there was general trading in the market this morning, mainly because the pick-up in the lower reaches of Jinchuan ended one after another the day before yesterday, the spot water of Jinchuan fell, and the spot water of Russian nickel remained stable. Today, the price of Russian nickel is 1100,1200 yuan / ton, and the spot water of Jinchuan nickel is maintained at 2000,000,000 yuan / ton. In terms of nickel beans, there are few quotations in the spot market at present.

[SMM Nickel spot afternoon Review] spot trading general Jinchuan Nickel spot water rose to a high level and fell back.

Black fell across the board except iron ore, with stainless steel down more than 4%, double coke down more than 5%, and iron ore up 2.69%. According to SMM tracking data, a total of 59 ships arrived at China's main ports from September 13th to September 19th, with an estimated arrival volume of 8.93 million tons, a decrease of 3.63 million tons compared with the previous period and a decrease of 3.27 million tons compared with the same period last year. During the period, Australia's port departure increased by 1.27 million tons to 18.74 million tons, an increase of 3.47 million tons over the same period last year, while Brazil's port departure increased by 230000 tons to 6.1 million tons, a decrease of 490000 tons over the same period last year. In this period, the volume of imported ore to Hong Kong has decreased significantly, but shipments from Australia and Brazil have increased as a whole, domestic production has continued to expand, hot metal output may still be expected to decline, and the loose pattern of iron ore supply and demand remains unchanged.

The previous period of crude oil rose 2.37%, the market has a strong demand for higher-risk assets such as crude oil, and is looking forward to the recovery of the economy from the epidemic. The tight supply of crude oil has attracted the attention of investors.

In terms of precious metals, Shanghai gold fell 1.15% and Shanghai silver fell 0.7%. Gold prices are expected to fall for the third week in a row under the influence of the Fed's withdrawal plan to stimulate the US economy.

By the close of noon, the contracts in the metals and crude oil markets were as follows:

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