LME Futures Volumes
Volumes figures are based on matched futures trades, which reflect accurately the number of lots traded up to 30 minutes before the report is published.
The report is split into two sections:
- Metals and plastics
- LMEmini contracts
Both controls functions in exactly the same way. The data is published at various times throughout the day:
| 10:00 | Summary Previous Days Official Volume |
| 12:20 | Pre-Market Volumes |
| 15:45 | Ring 1 volumes |
| Ring 2 volumes | |
| Morning Kerb volumes | |
| Morning Volumes | |
| 18:00 | Ring 3 volumes |
| Ring 4 volumes | |
| Afternoon volumes | |
| 20:00 | Unofficial volume |
| Inter-Office volume |
Initially a summary view is displayed based on the previous days official volume.
Click the 
icon to view the historical volumes data. Click the 
icon to see the detailed view of today’s volumes data.
The detailed view shows the figures published from all the reports throughout the day:
The historic view shows data in a hierarchic tree format:
Click the plus symbol next to each year to expand the year, and the plus symbol next to each month and day to expand the
day you want data for. Click the 
to view historic data in a tabular format. This navigates to the
Historic Data page.