Metal near the whole line floating red Shanghai lead slightly fell 0.03% thermal coal rose nearly 8% [SMM Daily Review]

Published: Mar 2, 2022 16:35

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[SMM Daily Review: metal nearly all floating red Shanghai lead slightly fell 0.03 per cent thermal coal rose nearly 8 per cent] as of the day's close, the basic metal only Shanghai lead floating green, almost flat, down 0.03 per cent. Both Shanghai zinc and Shanghai nickel rose by more than 2%. Black series only stainless steel closed down 0.45%, coking coal increased by 3.89%, thermal coal increased by nearly 8%, and iron ore closed by 4.64%.

SMM3 March 2: the dollar index rose slightly in the afternoon, and crude oil futures continued to rise last night. As of 15:05, the dollar index was up 0.2%, while US crude oil and Brent crude oil were both up about 6.5%.

Metal market: as of the day's close, the basic metal only Shanghai lead floating green, almost flat, down 0.03%. Both Shanghai zinc and Shanghai nickel rose by more than 2%. Black series only stainless steel closed down 0.45%, coking coal increased by 3.89%, thermal coal increased by nearly 8%, and iron ore closed by 4.64%.

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LME metal futures: in the afternoon, Lun Zinc rose sharply, Lun Ni slightly pulled up, Lun lead dived slightly; as of about 15:10, Lun Zinc rose 1.84%, Lun Nickel rose 1.38%, Lun Copper fell nearly 0.4%, and Lun lead fell 0.08%.

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Stainless steel: the spot prices of all departments in Foshan market remain flat today. The current average market price of 300 series is about 18000 yuan / ton. a large number of goods arrived in the market last week, and the current demand is difficult to keep up with. After a small rebound in the afternoon yesterday, the market should still take the goods. Yesterday, the news of the latest exhibition of the new production project of Xiangshui stainless steel was released, which may be put into normal production in March, plus the steel mills are all planned to resume production in March. The resumption of production in March can be cashed in the market, and the follow-up market.

Increase production and reduce production double attack stainless steel is stable and medium weak [Foshan stainless steel daily review]

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The stock market closed

The market began to adjust today, Prev low opening concussion rebounded, gem index low opened after the weak concussion.

On the disk, hot spots in the market rotate rapidly throughout the day, oil and gas plates are strong throughout the day, and gem stocks rise by the daily limit of oil. In addition, coal, non-ferrous, photovoltaic and other plates are active in turn, but most of them rush high and fall down. In terms of decline, semiconductor-related sectors led the decline today.

On the whole, individual stocks rose more than fell today, with more than 2500 stocks rising in the two cities. Today's turnover on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets is 898 billion, a decrease of 71.1 billion compared with the previous trading day. In terms of plates, oil and gas exploration, coal and other plates led the rise, PCB, semiconductors, military industry and other plates led the decline.

By the close, the Prev index was down 0.13%, the Shenzhen index was down 1.05%, and the gem index was down 1.77%. Northbound funds sold 776 million yuan net throughout the day, of which Shanghai shares sold 451 million yuan and Shenzhen stocks sold 325 million yuan.

The coal industry sector rose three times in a row, and the sector index rose more than 2% today. Five stocks floated green, including ST Dayou and Jinjiao Coal Industry fell slightly, Jingyuan Coal Power fell 0.5%, future shares fell nearly 1%, of which Panjiang shares fell by 1.28%; other stocks were floating red, Yunmei Energy rose by the daily limit; Yanzhou Mining Energy, Ping Coal shares and Meijin Energy rose by 8.69%, 5.48% and 4.22% respectively.

The three major A-share indexes all closed lower. Coal and other sectors led the gains. Semiconductor = other sectors led the decline. [stock market closed]

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[SMM Today's News] the basic metals in the inner plate are all floating red, and the thermal coal is up more than 5%. | A list of spot performance

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