RE: Assets 320 Jan 2022 05:49
Benchmark nickel futures on the London Metal Exchanged traded above $22,000 a tonne in January, the highest since August 2011, amid rising demand and low inventories. On-warrant nickel stocks were at their lowest since December 2019 at 48,846 tonnes and nickel stocks in Shanghai Futures Exchange warehouses are close to record lows at 4,859 tonnes, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, prospects that economic growth in China will pick up amid further stimulus, bets of rising sales for electronic vehicles and firm demand from battery sector also supported the nickel market.