MCX Zinc Tips: Zinc yesterday settled up by 1.25% at 226.45 amid falling US dollar and US Treasury yields, and the International Monetary Fund raised its 2021 growth outlook for the global economy to 6%.
Treatment charges for domestic zinc concentrate continued to fall and rising production costs supported prices. In addition, zinc social inventories shrank further as downstream users restocked on demand.
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Data showed that social inventories of refined zinc ingots across Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and Hebei decreased 14,500 mt in the week ended April 2 to 233,500 mt. The stocks fell 8,800 mt from Monday March 29.
Zinc prices also remained supported in the wake of improving economic prospects backed by the Biden government’s more than $2 trillion stimulus plan. Stocks in Shanghai decreased due to increasing purchase volume of the downstream when zinc prices fell.
MCX Zinc Tips Today
- MCX Zinc trading zone for the coming days is 224—238.
- Zinc prices increased amid falling US dollar and US Treasury yields, and IMF raised its 2021 growth outlook for the global economy to 6%.
- Treatment charges for domestic zinc concentrate continued to fall and rising production costs supported prices.
- Data showed that social inventories of refined zinc ingots decreased 14,500 mt in the week ended April 2 to 233,500 mt.
In south China’s Guangdong, market arrivals decreased with stable downstream demand, which led to the continuous decrease in stocks. China’s economic recovery continued in March, powered by a strong surge in the service sector, data showed.
The global zinc market was oversupplied by 11,700 tonnes in January after a revised surplus of 23,500 tonnes in December, data from the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) showed. For 2020, the surplus in the roughly 13.5 million tonne a year market was 536,000 tonnes, according to the ILZSG.
