铝锭：金九下游开工改善，警惕长假风险，成材：重心下移偏弱运行

Group 1: Investment Ratings - No investment ratings are provided in the report. Group 2: Core Views - The finished products are expected to move in a volatile and consolidating manner, with the price center shifting downward and showing a weak trend [2][3]. - The aluminum ingot price is expected to remain high in the short - term, and attention should be paid to macro sentiment and mine - end news. Before the holiday, it is expected to oscillate at a high level, and later, the inventory - consumption trend should be monitored. Be vigilant about long - holiday risks [2][4]. Group 3: Summary by Related Catalogs Finished Products - The short - process construction steel enterprises in the Yunnan - Guizhou region will stop production for maintenance from mid - January to the 11th to 16th day of the first lunar month, affecting a total output of 741,000 tons. In Anhui Province, one of the 6 short - process steel mills stopped production on January 5th, and most of the 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 (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 [3]. - The finished products continued to decline in a volatile manner yesterday, reaching a new low. In the context of weak supply and demand, the market sentiment is pessimistic, and this year's winter storage is sluggish, providing little support for prices [3]. - Future factors to watch include macro policies and downstream demand [3]. Aluminum Ingots - The aluminum market supply has increased slightly due to the ramping - up of replacement capacity, and the supply - demand pattern is improving marginally. The aluminum processing comprehensive PMI index in September increased by 2.4 percentage points to 55.7% [3]. - Different aluminum sub - industries show different performances. The aluminum plate and strip industry PMI is in the expansion range, the aluminum foil industry PMI reaches 62.5%, the building profile industry PMI is below the boom - bust line, the aluminum cable industry PMI rises to 53.8%, the primary aluminum alloy PMI is above the boom - bust line, and the recycled aluminum industry PMI rebounds to 61.2% [3]. - With the decline in aluminum prices, processing plants have some stocking demand for the double festivals, and social inventories have decreased. On September 29, the inventory of electrolytic aluminum ingots in the main domestic consumption areas was 592,000 tons, a decrease of 25,000 tons from last Thursday and 46,000 tons from last Monday [3]. - Future factors to watch include changes in macro expectations, the development of geopolitical crises, mine - end resumption of production, and consumption release [4].