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SMM data showed that HRC stocks surged 535,000 mt or 15.11% from the previous week, and 10.74% from a year earlier, to 4.08 million mt in the week ended February 18.

Nickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports decreased 169,000 wmt from February 10 to 7.87 million wmt as of February 18, showed SMM data.

Inventories of refined nickel in the Shanghai bonded areas remained unchanged during the Chinese New Year holiday and stood at 17,600 mt as of February 18, showed SMM data.

U.S. business inventories increased solidly in December, with stocks at retailers larger than initially estimated.

Nickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports decreased 34,000 wmt from February 5 to 8.04 million wmt as of February 10, showed SMM data. 

Inventories of refined nickel in the Shanghai bonded areas increased 1,000 mt from a week ago and stood at 17,600 mt as of February 10, showed SMM data. 

SMM data showed that aluminium billet stocks across the five major consumption areas — Foshan, Wuxi, Huzhou, Changzhou and Nanchang — in China built up 37,400 mt from a week ago to 165,500 mt as of Wednesday February 10.

U.S. wholesale inventories increased more than initially thought in December, even as sales accelerated, government data showed on Wednesday.

Social inventories of primary aluminium ingots across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, increased 61,000 mt from last Thursday to 775,000 mt as of February 10.

Social inventories of lead ingots across Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Tianjin expanded 5,200 mt from last Friday February 5 to 41,900 mt as of Monday February 8, an SMM survey showed. The stocks were up 1,700 mt from last Monday February 1.