SHFE Aluminum Futures Rise for Three Days, Central China Market Sees Sluggish Transactions

Published: Jul 31, 2026 10:08

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SHFE aluminum futures rose for three consecutive days. Coinciding with the Friday stockpiling cycle, downstream processing enterprises in the central China market significantly reduced their willingness to stockpile, still mainly making just-in-time procurement and digesting inventories, with only a few enterprises having stockpiling intentions. Most traders took advantage of low premiums to purchase, but overall market transactions remained sluggish. Ultimately, the actual transaction price range in the central China market was around a premium of -160-180 yuan/mt against the SHFE August contract.

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