国信期货有色（镍）周报：短期冲击，缓慢修复-20250420

Group 1: Report Title and Date - The report is titled "Short-term Impact, Slow Recovery - Guoxin Futures Non-ferrous (Nickel) Weekly Report" dated April 20, 2025 [2][3] Group 2: Table of Contents - The report includes sections on market review, fundamental analysis, and future outlook [4] Group 3: Market Review - This section likely focuses on the historical price trends of nickel futures' main contracts, as indicated by the y - axis of the graph showing nickel futures closing prices (main contract) from 2020 to 2025 [7][8] Group 4: Fundamental Analysis Upstream - The upstream analysis focuses on China's nickel ore port inventory and the monthly import volume of nickel ore sand and concentrates from the Philippines [12][13] Midstream - Midstream analysis covers electrolytic nickel prices, nickel sulfate prices, nickel - iron monthly import volume, and the Fubao price of 8 - 12% nickel - iron [15][17][19] Downstream - Downstream analysis includes stainless - steel prices, stainless - steel futures positions, Wuxi stainless - steel inventory, power and energy - storage battery production, and new - energy vehicle production [21][23][25][28][30] Group 5: Future Outlook Macroeconomic Situation - In the US, Fed Chair Powell said that the announced tariff hikes will push up inflation and suppress economic growth, and the Fed will prioritize inflation control. The market expects the Fed to start cutting interest rates in June, and the Fed won't intervene in the recent sharp fluctuations in the US stock market. In China, the Q1 GDP grew by 5.4% year - on - year, social consumer goods retail sales increased by 4.6% year - on - year, and high - tech manufacturing and IT service industries showed strong growth. Private investment turned positive [36] Nickel Market - The Shanghai nickel futures showed an upward trend this week, a recovery from last week's sharp drop. Spot trading of refined nickel was good this week. With the end of the rainy season in the Philippines, nickel ore supply is abundant, and nickel - iron prices have declined. Nickel sulfate prices are weak, and salt plants are in the red. Stainless - steel export orders have recovered well, but orders for US - bound products are almost at a standstill. The expected operating range for the Shanghai nickel main contract is 115,000 - 134,000 yuan/ton, and for the stainless - steel main contract is 12,400 - 13,600 yuan/ton [36]