Overnight, LME zinc opened at $2557/mt, hitting a low and high of $2547/mt and $2583/mt respectively, and closed at $2571.5/mt, up $21.5/mt or 0.84%. Trading volume decreased to 10262 lots, and open interest grew 776 lots to 234,000 lots. LME zinc inventories decreased by 2100 mt to 267750 mt, a decrease of 0.78%.
The most active SHFE 2405 zinc contract prices opened at 21430 yuan/mt and gained 165 yuan/mt or 0.77% to settle at 21500 yuan/mt, with the high-end of 21500 yuan/mt. Trading volumes decreased to 35201 lots and open interest fell 6075 lots to 86326 lots. Downstream buyers stood on the sidelines and trading was quiet.



