LME Spreads
This page is accessed from the individual metals home pages. Click on, for example, the
button to go to the Copper home page, then click on the LME Spreads tab. The spreads page is launched in a popup window.
The page is a live automatically updating view of LME Spread contracts for the chosen metal. It displays the nearby spreads, and spreads from 3M out. The fields displayed are:
| Prompt | The spread dates of the contract |
|---|---|
| Mid | The mid point of the Bid and Ask |
| Last | Last traded price |
| LDN | Time of last trade, followed by an icon to indicate the source of the last trade (R1,R2,R3,R4 from rings 1 to 4, K1,K2 from kerb sessions, S from Select). |
| LDN | Bid time |
| CTR | Contributor of the bid price (R1,R2,R3,R4 from rings 1 to 4, K1,K2 from kerb sessions, S from Select, or broker name e.g. BACH). |
| Bid | Bid Price |
| Ask | Ask Price |
| CTR | Contributor of the ask price (R1,R2,R3,R4 from rings 1 to 4, K1,K2 from kerb sessions, S from Select, or broker name e.g. BACH). |
| LDN | Ask time |
| Forward | Evening evaluation for the right hand side of the spread |
| Spread | Provisional evening evaluation for this spread. |
As spread contracts are quoted or traded on LME Select, on the floor or by brokers, the updated prices will appear on this page automatically.