Reports and data
The London Metal Exchange publishes, via LME.com, LMElive and a network of licensed vendors an extensive collection of reports and data. Data on LME.com tends to be published on a day-delayed basis whilst real and near-real time data is available via LMElive and our vendor network.
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Metals specific data and reports Shows in page, day-delayed data summaries for each metal in the non-ferrous, ferrous, minor and precious metals suites. |
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Monthly Average Settlement Price Monthly, per metal, average prices for cash, 3m, Dec 1, Dec 2, Dec 3 and Asian Reference Prices. |
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Monthly Overview report Monthly snapshot of all-metals data including cash, 3m, volumes, market open interest and stock movements. |
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Open interest Two open interest reports are available. Exchange Open Interest (EOI) shows LME Clear member open positions, and Market Open Interest (MOI) shows all member and client open positions. |
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Commitments of traders report (CoTR) Weekly report detailing aggregate long and short positions of four pre-defined market participant types: 1) Investment Firms or Credit Institutions, 2) Investment Funds, 3) Other Financial Institutions and 4) Commercial Undertaking. |
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Futures banding Two-day delayed, published daily. Futures banding shows the number of separate trading entities who hold significant long and short positions. Expressed across percentage bands per metal for M1, M2, M3. |
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Warrant bandings Three reports which show the number of separate trading entities who hold a significant percentage of warrants and positions along the front of the curve (tom, cash and cash +1). Expressed across percentage bands per metal. |
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Volumes Real-time, monthly and yearly volumes. Shows aggregated and distinct trading volumes by metal, contract type and trading platform. |
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Historic data Non-current calendar year data, including prices, volumes, warehouse stocks and averages, available for purchase. |
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LME Clear reports Member-only and free-to air reports showing cleared volumes, SPAN files, CPMI IOSCO disclosures. |
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Warehouse and stock reports Summary and detailed reports showing opening and closing stocks, stock movements, wait times, cancelled and live warrants across locations and metals. |
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Publication schedule Table showing when reports and data are made available to the market, and on which channel, LME.com or data distributors. |
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