华宝期货晨报铝锭-20250904

Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided Group 2: Core Viewpoints of the Report - The finished product is expected to move in a sideways consolidation, with the price center shifting down and a weak performance [2][4] - The aluminum price is expected to fluctuate at a high level in the short - term, and attention should be paid to macro - sentiment and mine - end news [5] Group 3: Summary According to the Content Finished Products - During the Spring Festival, short - process construction steel enterprises in the Yunnan - Guizhou region will stop production for maintenance from mid - January, with a production resumption time around the 11th to 16th day of the first lunar month, and an expected impact on the total construction steel output of 741,000 tons. In Anhui, 1 out of 6 short - process steel mills stopped production on January 5, and most of the rest will stop around mid - January, with a daily output impact of about 16,200 tons [3][4] - From December 30, 2024, to January 5, 2025, the total transaction (signing) area of newly - built commercial housing in 10 key cities was 2.234 million square meters, a 40.3% decrease from the previous period and a 43.2% increase year - on - year [4] - The finished product continued to fluctuate downward, reaching a new low. In the context of weak supply and demand, the market sentiment was pessimistic, and the price center continued to shift down. This year's winter storage was sluggish, providing little price support [4] - The view is that it will move in a sideways consolidation. Factors to be concerned about are macro - policies and downstream demand [4] Aluminum - Macroscopically, the number of job openings in the US in July dropped to 7.181 million, which supported investors' expectations of the Fed's monetary policy relaxation [3] - In September, the spot price of alumina is weakly running. The supply side has a slight increase in operating capacity and output, and the aluminum - water ratio is expected to rise in September. The cost of the electrolytic aluminum industry changes little, and the high profit remains. The demand side shows signs of recovery in the downstream weekly start - up rate as the "Golden September and Silver October" season approaches [4] - As of September 4, the inventory of electrolytic aluminum ingots in domestic mainstream consumption areas was 626,000 tons, an increase of 3,000 tons from Monday and 6,000 tons from last Thursday [4] - The view is that the price will fluctuate at a high level in the short - term. Factors to be concerned about are macro - expectations, geopolitical crises, mine - end resumption, and consumption release [5][6]