SMM May 18:
Aluminum futures prices continued to pull back today. Buying sentiment in the central China market recovered somewhat, with downstream processing enterprises showing stronger purchase willingness. However, some suppliers adopted a wait-and-see attitude, and shipment sentiment weakened. The mainstream transaction price range in the central China market ultimately centered around a premium of 10 yuan to a premium of 30 yuan over the central China price, with a trend of continued strengthening. The shipment sentiment index for the central China market was 2.82 today, down 0.01 MoM; the purchasing sentiment index was 2.29, up 0.03 MoM.
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