Participants can buy historical LME prices and other data for all contracts traded on the LME. This data is available for research and market analysis.
How do I purchase historical data?
Register on the LME Portal if you would like to purchase historical data, and then navigate to 'Data Services' to complete your data order.
What data is available?
You can purchase the following historical data sets:
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Historical data reports |
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| Standard historical data reports $85 (USD)* |
Premium historical data reports $470 (USD) |
| LME Official and Settlement Prices (PDF) Including average / "mean" prices from 2021 |
LME Closing Prices (PDF) |
| LME Volumes (Turnover) (PDF) | LME Market Open Interest (PDF) |
| LME Unofficial Prices (PDF) |
LME Open High Low Close (PDF) |
| LME Volumes (Currency) (PDF) |
LME Options Volatilities (PDF) |
| LME Warehouse Stock Movements (PDF) |
LME Option Volume by Strike Price (PDF) |
| LME Exchange Open Interest (PDF) |
Premium access reports and optional API $1,200 (USD, pro rata)** |
| LME Futures Banding Report (PDF) |
Daily LME Off-Warrant Stock Report |
| LME Monthly Average Prices (PDF) Prior to 2021 |
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| LME Warrant Bandings Report (PDF) |
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*Historical data reports are priced per LME contract, per year per report type. In any one purchase, the first five standard historical data reports cost $85, with any subsequent standard historical data reports thereafter costing $55 per report.
** The daily LME off-warrant stocks data / API is available for $1,200 per year. This is pro-rated depending on the month that the subscription is purchased.
Current calendar year
The LME provides free data from the start of this year.
This data is available on a next day delayed basis from the website for:
Regular reports are also published in excel format for the previous month:
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