LME aluminium benchmark price closes at nearly 1% lower; SHFE price grows slightly US$3/t

LME aluminium cash bid price shed off US$15.50 per tonne or 0.72 per cent to stand at US$2,129.50 per tonne, while LME aluminium official settlement price lost US$16 per tonne or 0.75 per cent to settle at US$2,130 per tonne.

3-month bid price and 3-month offer price shrank by US$18 per tonne and US$17.50 per tonne, respectively, to rest at US$2,180 per tonne and US$2,181 per tonne, respectively. December-25 bid price and December-25 offer price closed the day at US$2,398 per tonne and US$2,403 per tonne, respectively, down by US$15 per tonne from the previous day.

LME aluminium opening stock moved up significantly by 9,000 tonnes to amount to 591,675 tonnes as of February 28. Live Warrants and Cancelled Warrants totalled 393,075 tonnes and 198,600 tonnes, respectively.

LME aluminium 3-month Asian Reference Price decreased US$9.37 per tonne to peg at US$2,186.86 per tonne.