沪铜日评：节前备货和高位价格或使铜价震荡-20250922

Report Title - The report is titled "Shanghai Copper Daily Report 20250922: Pre-holiday Stockpiling and High Prices May Cause Copper Prices to Fluctuate" [2] Report Industry Investment Rating - No information about the industry investment rating is provided in the report Core View - The Fed's future interest rate cut path is hawkish, but pre-holiday stockpiling before the National Day and high copper prices affect downstream purchasing willingness, which may cause Shanghai copper prices to fluctuate at high levels [3] Summary by Relevant Catalogs Market Data - Shanghai Copper Futures: On September 19, 2025, the closing price of the active contract was 79,910, up 290 from the previous day; trading volume was 48,845 lots, a decrease of 41,669 lots; open interest was 116,552 lots, a decrease of 11,308 lots; inventory was 31,838 tons, a decrease of 631 tons; the basis was 80, down 290 [3] - LME Copper: On September 19, 2025, the 3 - month copper futures closing price (electronic trading) was 9,996.5, up 50.5; the 0 - 3 - month contract spread was - 64.9, up 6.19; the 3 - 15 - month contract spread was - 153.2, up 7.081 [3] - COMEX Copper: On September 19, 2025, the closing price of the active copper futures contract was 4.6305, up 0.01; total inventory was 316,774, an increase of 3,932 [3] Supply - Demand and Inventory Analysis - Supply: There are disturbances in the production of multiple copper mines at home and abroad, leading to a negative and rising China copper concentrate import index, indicating a tight domestic copper concentrate supply - demand expectation. The tight supply - demand expectation of scrap copper leads to a decline in domestic crude copper or anode plate processing fees, and the maintenance capacity of copper smelters from September to October increases month - on - month [3] - Demand: The expectation of the traditional consumption peak season leads to a recovery in demand in some copper processing industries [3] - Inventory: China's electrolytic copper social inventory decreased compared with last week; LME electrolytic copper inventory decreased compared with last week; COMEX copper inventory increased compared with last week [3] Trading Strategy - Wait for the price to fall and then mainly lay out long positions. Pay attention to the support level around 77,000 - 79,000 and the pressure level around 81,000 - 83,000 for Shanghai copper, the support level around 9,600 - 9,900 and the pressure level around 10,200 - 10,500 for LME copper, the support level around 4.3 - 4.5 and the pressure level around 4.8 - 5.0 for COMEX copper [3]