The most-traded June aluminium contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended 0.5 percent higher at 14,480 yuan ($2,283.91) a tonne on Friday. It has dropped 3.7 percent this week, but gained 4.8 percent in April as traders continued to grapple with the fallout from US sanctions on Russian producer Rusal ahead of a two-day holiday in China. Shanghai copper closed down 0.3 percent at 51,560 yuan a tonne.
"All of the metals remain within yesterday's ranges as pre-Labour Day weekend positional re-adjustment seems to be the main theme so far today," broker Marex Spectron said in a note. Aluminium has lost about 8.2 percent in London this week, having fallen sharply on Monday and Tuesday after the United States gave American customers of Rusal more time to comply with the sanctions, which were first announced on April 6.
This has left it on course for its biggest weekly drop since August 2011, although it is still up 13.1 percent in April on the back of Rusal concerns, which would be its best month since September 2010.
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