LME zinc opened at $2546/mt last night, touching a low of $2477/mt. LME zinc closed down $50.5/mt or 1.98% at $2499/mt. The trading volume grew to 11369 lots, and open interest lost 3334 lots to 202,000 lots. Overnight LME inventories once again increased sharply by 68,100 mt to 210,850 mt, an increase of 47.71%. This, combined with the rebound of the US dollar index and plunging crude oil weakened LME zinc.
The most-traded SHFE 2401 zinc contract opened at 20920 yuan/mt overnight, and touched a low of 20930 yuan/mt before finishing at 20910 yuan/mt, down 145 yuan/mt or 0.69%. Trading volume was down to 52954 lots, and open interest gained by 363 lots to 92827 lots. Recent supply-side pressure and weakening demand. SHFE zinc fell below the support of 21,000 yuan/mt.



