The monthly rate of the existing home contract sales index in the United States in December was -5.5%, with expectations of 0%. The previous value was revised from 2.20% to 1.6%.
Non-ferrous metal futures continued to decline, Shanghai copper turned from rising to falling, Shanghai lead fell by nearly 1%; Shanghai aluminum, Shanghai zinc, and Shanghai tin rose by less than 0.5%, having all risen by more than 1%; Shanghai nickel rose by 0.66%, having risen by nearly 3%.