LME Market Data

First published: 2000

Brief summary

London Metal Exchange market data for metals cycles.

Article

The London Metal Exchange publishes market data for industrial metals traded through its venues. Products include aluminium, copper, zinc, nickel, lead, tin and other contracts with different delivery dates and settlement conventions.

Market information includes official prices, closing prices, trading volumes, warehouse stocks and forward curves. These measures describe different parts of the market and should not be treated as interchangeable.

Metal prices respond to industrial demand, mine and smelter output, energy costs, inventories, exchange rates and expectations about future supply. Long investment lead times can contribute to periods of tight supply followed by increased production.

LME data are commercial market data and access conditions vary by product and delay. Analysis should specify the contract, currency, date, delivery point and price type used, especially when comparing series over time.

Source details and credits

• Source / publisher: LME
• Source type: Data portal
• URL type: WWW
• Credits: LME
• URL: https://www.lme.com/en/Market-data