华宝期货晨报铝锭-20250925

Group 1: Report Industry Investment Ratings - No specific industry investment ratings are provided in the report. Group 2: Core Views - The price of finished products is expected to move in a volatile and consolidating manner, with its center of gravity shifting downward and showing a weak performance [1][3] - The price of aluminum ingots is expected to remain high in the short term, with the market's supply - demand pattern improving marginally and social inventory decreasing due to pre - holiday stocking [3][4] Group 3: Summary by Related Catalogs Finished Products - Yungui region's short - flow construction steel producers will have a shutdown and maintenance period from mid - January, with a resumption around the 11th to 16th day of the first lunar month, affecting a total output of 741,000 tons. In Anhui, 1 out of 6 short - flow steel mills stopped production on January 5, and most others will stop around mid - January, with a daily output impact of about 16,200 tons [2][3] - From December 30, 2024, to January 5, 2025, the transaction 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 [3] - The price of finished products continued to decline with a new low, and the market sentiment was pessimistic under the weak supply - demand pattern and lackluster winter storage [3] Aluminum - Macroscopically, there are increasing differences within the Fed on future monetary policy, and a balance needs to be struck between high inflation and a weak employment market [2] - The supply of the aluminum market has a slight increase due to the ramping - up of replacement capacity, and the supply - demand pattern is improving marginally. As of last Thursday, the national metallurgical - grade alumina's total built - in capacity is 110.32 million tons/year, and the total operating capacity is 92.33 million tons/year, with the weekly operating rate up 0.92 percentage points to 83.69% [3] - The overall aluminum consumption is warming up, with stable growth in the automotive industry, growth expectations in the power industry, and marginal improvement in the construction industry. The operating rate of processed materials is rising steadily [3] - On September 25, the inventory of electrolytic aluminum ingots in major domestic consumption areas was 617,000 tons, a decrease of 21,000 tons from Monday and last Thursday [3]