LIVE FUTURES REPORT 10/11: SHFE base metals prices stronger across the board; lead outperforms

Base metal prices on Shanghai Futures Exchange were all higher during Asian morning trading on Friday November 10, with lead the outperformer as it finds support from expectations of increased demand, while environmental crackdowns in China have tightened supply of the metal.

The most-traded December lead contract on the SHFE stood at 19,190 yuan ($2,891) per tonne as of 10:56am Shanghai time, up by 1.8% or 330 yuan.

Lead was the outperformer this morning as the prospect of increased demand ahead of China’s winter season coupled with tightened supply amid a crackdown on pollution in the country has boosted prices.

The winter season in China, from mid-November to mid-March, is traditionally a time of high lead consumption.

“[There is a] supply shortage in the Shanghai market, with very few offers heard. Many bids have been heard from end-users, though there have been few transactions,” China’s Guotai Jun’an Futures said on Friday.

For the first seven months of the year, the International Lead and Zinc Study Group put the refined lead market in a 109,000-ton deficit, compared with a surplus of 42,000 tons in the same period in 2016.

Copper rises after PBOC injection

  • The most-traded January copper contract rose 190 yuan or 0.4% to 53,420 yuan per tonne.
  • Market sentiment has picked up after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) injected a net 50 billion yuan into the country’s financial institutions on Thursday.


Rest of complex higher

  • The SHFE most-traded January aluminum contract rose 30 yuan to 15,505 yuan per tonne.
  • The SHFE most-traded January zinc contract was up 105 yuan to 25,600 yuan per tonne.
  • The SHFE most-traded January nickel contract strengthened 100 yuan to 99,210 yuan per tonne.
  • The SHFE most-traded January tin contract increased 1,600 yuan to 143,680 yuan per tonne.

Currency moves and data releases

  • The dollar index was down by 0.02% at 94.51 as of 12:52pm Shanghai time - the index had reached a high of 95.15 on Tuesday, a level it last reached on October 27.
  • In other commodities, the Brent crude oil spot price dipped $0.03 to $63.76 per barrel and the Texas light sweet crude oil spot price was down $0.02 at $57 per barrel.
  • In equities, the Shanghai Composite index was 0.05% lower at 3426.22.
  • The economic agenda is light today with industrial production data out across Europe and the United Kingdom, with the UK’s manufacturing production and goods trade balance also due.
LME snapshot at 0256 London time
Latest 3M LME Prices
Price ($/t) Change since yesterday’s close ($)
Copper

6,811.5

-17

Aluminium

2,097

2

Lead

2,533

13.5

Zinc

3,190

0

Tin

19,525

60

Nickel

12,365

80

SHFE snapshot at 0256 Shanghai time
Most-traded SHFE contracts
Price (yuan/t) Change since yesterday’s close (yuan)

Copper

53,420

190

Aluminium

15,505

30

Zinc

25,600

105

Lead

19,190

330

Tin

143,680

1,600

Nickel

99,210

100

Changjiang spot snapshot on November 10
Range (yuan/t) Change (yuan)
Copper 53,440—53,480 -220
Aluminium 15,280—15,320 -140
Zinc 25,980—26,030 150
Lead 19,050—19,250 250
Tin 142,500—144,000 1,000
Nickel 99,350—99,550 -1,700
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