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    The market is more cautious, and copper prices remain volatile

    • Last Update: 2022-12-10
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    On Monday, the main contract of Shanghai copper 1807 oscillated and rebounded, trading at 51520-50920 yuan / ton during the day, and closing at 51370 yuan / ton at the end, up 0.
    16% per day.

    In terms of term structure, Shanghai copper maintained a positive arrangement of near, low and far high, and the positive price difference between Shanghai copper 1806 contract and 1807 contract narrowed to 160 yuan / ton
    .

    Copper prices

    In the external market, the Asian Copper Oscillation rose slightly, of which as of 15:30 Beijing time, the 3-month LME copper was reported at 6865 US dollars / ton, up 0.
    62% per day, still caught in the oscillation finishing platform
    of the week.
    In terms of positions, on May 17, the position of London copper was 314,000, a daily decrease of 3,000 lots, and the decline in the past week showed that long and short trading was repeated
    .

    In terms of the market, on May 21, Shanghai electrolytic copper spot reported a discount of 50 yuan / ton - 20 yuan / ton for the monthly contract, and the transaction price of flat water copper was 51140-51240 yuan / ton
    .
    Shanghai copper rose to around 51300 yuan / ton, bullish sentiment made the willingness of holders to hold up the price strengthened, good copper in the morning market is reported as a premium, and good copper traded at about 10 yuan / ton, and then there was no discount quotation in the morning session, flat water copper self-discount 30 yuan / ton quotation fell to 50 yuan / ton, the transaction is obviously not as good copper
    .
    On Monday, the copper market was still cautious, trade activity was insufficient, downstream continued to demand procurement, and the market continued to show the characteristics
    of supply and demand tug-of-war.

    On the macro front, the Asian dollar index continued to rebound, now trading around 93.
    95, hitting a high of 94.
    031 in the day, hitting a new high since December 13 last year, as the agreement reached in Sino-US trade talks strengthened market confidence in the dollar
    .

    On the industry front, Vedanta Resources Plc halted its copper smelter operations at South India, one of India's largest copper smelters, and copper prices in India rose
    .
    The smelter has a predominantly 35% share of the Indian copper market, mainly exported to Gulf and Asian countries
    .
    This has been closed for more than 50 days
    .

    During the day, the Shanghai copper 1807 contract oscillated and rebounded to 51370 yuan / ton, still running at the intersection of moving averages, indicating that long and short trading is cautious
    .
    In terms of operation, it is recommended that the Shanghai copper 1807 contract can be sold high and low between 50900-51600 yuan / ton, and the stop loss is 350 yuan / ton
    each.

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