需求仍然羸弱，现货市场维持贴水

1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Copper: Neutral - Arbitrage: Suspended - Options: Sell put options [8] 2. Core View of the Report In the context of strong precious metals, the non - ferrous sector is unlikely to experience a significant correction. Even at the end of the year with high inventories, copper prices mainly fluctuate strongly. As the Spring Festival approaches, inventory accumulation is expected to continue. For enterprises with hedging needs, if copper prices hover around 100,000 yuan/ton, it is recommended to conduct hedging operations on a two - week usage cycle and not to build excessive virtual inventories for now [8] 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Market News and Important Data 3.1.1 Futures Quotes On January 26, 2026, the opening price of the main Shanghai copper contract was 102,800 yuan/ton, and the closing price was 101,880 yuan/ton, a 0.53% decrease from the previous trading day's close. The opening price of the main Shanghai copper contract in the night session was 103,260 yuan/ton, and the closing price was 103,460 yuan/ton, a 0.68% increase from the afternoon close [1] 3.1.2 Spot Situation The spot price of SMM 1 electrolytic copper was at a discount of 300 - 160 yuan/ton to the 2602 contract, with an average discount of 230 yuan, a 50 - yuan decrease from the previous day. The spot price ranged from 102,200 to 102,670 yuan/ton. It is expected that the spot discount will remain under pressure. If downstream purchasing willingness remains weak, the market may continue the pattern of deep discounts and low trading volumes [2] 3.1.3 Important Information Summary On Monday, the precious metals market fluctuated sharply. COMEX silver once soared by over 16%, and spot silver rose by nearly 14%, but then both fell back. COMEX gold and spot gold once broke through the 5000 - dollar and 5100 - dollar marks, and finally closed up 0.5%. Spot palladium once rose 7% but ended up falling over 3%. Geopolitically, the European Parliament has not decided whether to resume the approval process of the EU - US trade agreement. Economically, in November 2025, US durable goods orders increased by 5.3% month - on - month, far exceeding expectations [3] 3.2 Mining End On the evening of January 23, Zangge Mining announced that the second - phase project of Julong Copper Mine of its subsidiary was officially put into operation on January 23, 2026. After reaching production capacity, the annual ore mining and processing scale will increase from 45 million tons to 105 million tons, and the annual output of copper ore will increase from 190,000 tons in 2025 to about 300,000 - 350,000 tons [4] 3.3 Smelting and Import From the close of trading on January 28, 2026, the daily price limit range of listed international copper futures contracts will be adjusted to 9%, the trading margin ratio for hedging positions to 10%, and the general trading margin ratio to 11%. Last week, LME copper inventories accelerated accumulation, reaching 171,700 tons, the highest in eight months. SHFE copper inventories also continued to accumulate, reaching 225,937 tons, the highest in nine and a half months [5] 3.4 Consumption In the past week, the operating rate of domestic refined copper rod enterprises was 67.98%, a 10.51 - percentage - point increase from the previous week and a 16.03 - percentage - point increase year - on - year. The operating rate of copper cable enterprises was 58.71%, a 2.72 - percentage - point increase from the previous week and a 15.87 - percentage - point increase year - on - year. It is expected that next week, the operating rate of refined copper rod enterprises will rise to 71.20%, and that of copper cable enterprises to 60.23% [6][7] 3.5 Inventory and Warehouse Receipts LME warehouse receipts changed by 3450 tons to 170,525 tons, SHFE warehouse receipts changed by - 1479 tons to 145,314 tons. On January 26, the domestic electrolytic copper spot inventory was 324,500 tons, a decrease of 5700 tons from the previous week [7]