Movement Alert|China Nonferrous Mining Falls 3.26% in Regular Trading, Fed Rate Hike Expectations Suppress Copper Prices as Sector Extends Weakness

Market Focus05-28

On May 28, China Nonferrous Mining fell 3.26% in regular trading, trading at HKD 13.56/share, with trading volume of approximately HKD 8.89 million, extending the prior session's decline.

On the news front, the probability of a Fed 25-basis-point rate hike in December has risen to 42.5%, continuously suppressing copper price upside. Kevin Warsh was officially sworn in as the new Fed Chair, with global major central banks shifting policy stance from rate-cut-expectation-driven to hawkish wait-and-see mode. On the demand side, electrolytic copper rod weekly operating rates declined 1.54 percentage points week-over-week, signaling near-term demand weakness.

Within the Copper sector, the broad sell-off continued. Among individual stocks, Jiangxi Copper down 2.36%, China Daye Nonferrous Metals down 4.08%, Jinxun Resource down 3.92%, Jinchuan International flat, CMRU flat.

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