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.
Metals specific data and reports
Monthly Average Settlement Price
Monthly, per metal, average prices for cash, 3m, Dec 1, Dec 2, Dec 3 and Asian Reference Prices.
Monthly overview report
Monthly snapshot of all-metals data including cash, 3m, volumes, market open interest and stock movements.
Steel Scrap Markets – a Bird’s Eye View
We have commissioned a monthly report called: "Steel Scrap Markets – a Bird’s Eye View". It includes a wealth of data and provides commentary on supply chains from the key steel scrap markets of Turkey, India and Taiwan.
Volumes
Real-time, daily, monthly and yearly volumes. Shows aggregated and distinct trading volumes by metal, contract type and trading platform.
Participant reports
Open interest
Exchange open interest (EOI) shows LME Clear member open positions, and market open interest (MOI) shows all member and client open positions.
Futures banding
Two-day delayed, published daily. Futures banding shows the number of separate trading entities who hold significant long and short positions.
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).
Commitments of traders report (CoTR)
Weekly report detailing aggregate long and short positions of four pre-defined market participant types.
historical data
Non-current calendar year data, including prices, volumes, warehouse stocks and averages, available for purchase.
Historical data for cash-settled futures
Historical closing prices, settlement prices, daily volumes and EOI data for the LME’s cash-settled futures contracts.
Historical stock reports
Detailed, non-current calendar year reports showing opening stocks, live & cancelled warrants, delivered in and out tonnage by metal, location and country.
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.
Regulatory reports
LME Clear reports
Member-only and free to air reports showing cleared volumes, SPAN files, CPMI IOSCO disclosures.
Quality of execution reports
Under MiFID II, RTS 27 seeks to provide both the public and investment firms with relevant data on execution quality.
Publication schedule
Table showing when reports and data are made available to the market, and on which channel, LME.com or data distributors.
Cash and 3-month prompt date checker
This report allows interested parties to check cash and 3-month (3M) prompt dates.
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