Overnight, LME zinc opened at $2433.5/mt, hitting a low of $2407.5/mt, and closed at $2430/mt, down $4/mt or 0.16%. Trading volume decreased to 5162 lots, and open interest fell 4051 lots to 208,000 lots. LME zinc inventories decreased by 1550 mt to 78775 mt, a drop of 1.93%. Overnight, U.S. interest rates are expected to remain unchanged in November, but there are concerns about the resurgence of inflation. At the same time, existing home sales have dropped to a 13-year low.
The most active SHFE 2311 prices opened at 21030 yuan/mt and lost 80 yuan/mt or 0.38% to settle at 21040 yuan/mt in overnight trading with the high-end of 21100 yuan/mt and the low-end of 21000 yuan/mt. Trading volumes decreased to 45666 lots and open interest fell 1898 lots to 74531 lots.



