Report Summary 1. Industry Investment Rating No industry investment rating is provided in the report. 2. Core Views - **沪镍**: The outer market continues to fluctuate around the 20 - day moving average. The nickel ore price is firm, the nickel - iron price drops slightly, and the stainless - steel inventory decreases slightly. The new - energy vehicle production and sales data are good, but the overall boost is limited. The medium - and long - term oversupply pattern remains unchanged. The 2512 contract of Shanghai nickel is expected to fluctuate widely around the 20 - day moving average [2]. - **不锈钢**: The spot stainless - steel price remains flat. The short - term nickel ore price is firm, the sea freight is stable, the nickel - iron price drops slightly, and the cost line moves down. The stainless - steel inventory decreases slightly. The 2512 contract of stainless steel is expected to fluctuate widely around the 20 - day moving average [4]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Price Overview - **镍期货**: On October 27, the price of the Shanghai nickel main contract was 122,400 yuan, up 250 yuan from October 24; the price of the London nickel was 15,335 yuan, up 10 yuan. The nickel index on the Wuxi trading center was 120,850 yuan, down 1,000 yuan [12]. - **不锈钢 futures**: On October 27, the price of the stainless - steel main contract was 12,815 yuan, up 5 yuan from October 24 [12]. - **Nickel spot**: On October 27, the price of SMM1 electrolytic nickel was 123,050 yuan, up 150 yuan from October 24; the price of 1 Jinchuan nickel was 124,300 yuan, up 100 yuan; the price of 1 imported nickel was 122,250 yuan, up 200 yuan; the price of nickel beans was 124,300 yuan, up 200 yuan [12]. - **Stainless - steel spot**: The prices of cold - rolled coils 304*2B in Wuxi, Foshan, Hangzhou, and Shanghai remained unchanged from October 24 to October 27 [12]. 3.2 Inventory - **Nickel inventory**: As of October 27, the LME nickel inventory was 251,238 tons, an increase of 384 tons from October 24; the Shanghai Futures Exchange nickel warehouse receipt was 29,780 tons, an increase of 2,970 tons. The total inventory was 281,018 tons, an increase of 3,354 tons [15]. - **Stainless - steel inventory**: On October 24, the national stainless - steel inventory was 1.0274 million tons, a decrease of 13,800 tons from the previous period. The inventory of the 300 - series was 649,300 tons, a decrease of 5,900 tons. As of October 27, the stainless - steel warehouse receipt was 73,896 tons, a decrease of 299 tons from October 24 [19][20]. 3.3 Price of Nickel Ore and Nickel Iron - **Nickel ore**: The price of red - soil nickel ore CIF with Ni1.5% was 58 US dollars per wet ton, and that with Ni0.9% was 30 US dollars per wet ton, remaining unchanged from October 24. The sea freight from the Philippines to Lianyungang was 11.5 US dollars per ton, and to Tianjin Port was 12.5 US dollars per ton, both remaining unchanged [23]. - **Nickel iron**: The price of high - nickel wet - ton (8 - 12) was 928.5 yuan per nickel point, down 2 yuan from October 24; the price of low - nickel wet - ton (below 2) was 3,150 yuan per ton, down 150 yuan [23]. 3.4 Stainless - steel Production Cost - The traditional production cost of stainless steel was 12,936 yuan, the production cost using scrap steel was 13,237 yuan, and the production cost using low - nickel and pure nickel was 16,776 yuan [25]. 3.5 Nickel Import Cost The converted import price of nickel was 123,095 yuan per ton [28]. 3.6 Influencing Factors - **Positive factors**: Expectations of the Fed's interest - rate cut; anti - involution policy; firm ore price with a cost support line at 120,000 yuan [6]. - **Negative factors**: The domestic production continues to increase significantly year - on - year, and there is no new growth point in demand. The long - term oversupply pattern remains unchanged [6].