[SMM Flash News] A00 Central China Market on March 27

Published: Mar 27, 2026 16:14

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SMM, March 27:
Over the past two days, aluminum prices fluctuated continuously, with bullish and bearish sentiment intertwined in the central China market. As the weekend approached, downstream processing enterprises saw stockpiling demand fall short of expectations, while purchasing traders remained cautious and made no large-scale procurement or stockpiling moves. Suppliers showed limited willingness to hold prices firm, and final transaction prices were around parity with the central China price to a discount of 20 yuan against the central China price. Central China market shipment sentiment index was 2.65 today, up 0.01 MoM; the purchasing sentiment index was 2.38, down 0.03 MoM.

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