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LME aluminium benchmark price hikes to US$2,218.5/t; SHFE price grows by US$18/t
LME aluminium opened at US$2,245 per tonne last Friday, with its high and low at US$2281.5 per tonne and US$2245 per tonne, respectively, before closing at US$2,277 per tonne, up US$21 per tonne or 0.93 per cent.

On Friday, March 15, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price hiked by US$14 per tonne or 0.63 per cent and US$13 per tonne or 0.61 per cent to settle at US$2,218 per tonne and US$2,218.50 per tonne.

As per the data, both 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price grew by US$16 per tonne or 0.70 per cent and US$16.5 per tonne or 0.73 per tonne to arrive at US$2,270.50 per tonne and US$2,271.50 per tonne.

December 25 bid price and December 25 offer price ascended by US$17 per tonne to settle at US$2,480 per tonne and US$2,485 per tonne. On the same day, LME aluminium opening stock came in at 571775 tonnes. Live warrants and Cancelled warrants closed at 350650 tonnes and 221125 tonnes.

LME aluminium 3-month Asian Reference Price expanded by US$15.98 per tonne or 0.70 per cent to halt at US$2,271.19 per tonne.