On Friday, May 3, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price added US$7 per tonne or 0.27 per cent to clock at US$2,516 per tonne and US$2,517 per tonne. On the same day, both 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price hiked by US$7.5 per tonne or 0.29 per cent and US$8 per tonne or 0.31 per cent to settle at US$ 2,545 per tonne and US$2,545.50 per tonne.