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Downstream buying interest weakened in the first half of last week due to higher zinc prices and dip buying in the previous week. As zinc prices rebounded in the second half of the week, transaction weakened again, and the shipments were slow. Spot quotes meet resistance.
It is expected that this week, spot quotes will rise as they will be made against SHFE 2307 copper contract and due to the influence of the price spread between the SHFE front-month and SHFE next-month copper contracts.
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