【英语中国】中国将首度推出镍、锡期货合约 Shanghai Exchange ‘to launch China’s first nickel and tin futures’

The Shanghai Futures Exchange is planning to launch China’s first nickel and tin futures this year, local media reported on Friday, as part of steps to internationalise the country’s commodity markets.

Ye Chunhe, ShFE vice general manager, also confirmed to a conference in Shanghai on Thursday that the bourse expects to launch a futures contract on a base metals index, the Securities Times reported.

The paper added, without citing sources, that the exchange had also designed options contracts for copper and gold.

China, the world’s biggest consumer of commodities ranging from copper to iron ore, has long sought to secure more pricing power on the international market, partly by launching new futures contracts.

The ShFE, the country’s biggest commodity exchange by the value of contracts handled, trades copper, aluminium, zinc, lead, natural rubber and fuel oil, besides gold and silver.

It is also aiming to launch crude oil futures this year, a move that would give the world’s second-largest oil consumer greater influence in global pricing.

中国国内媒体周五报道称，上海期货交易所(SHFE)计划今年在国内首家推出镍期货与锡期货。这是中国推进大宗商品市场国际化的举措之一。

《证券时报》(Securities Times)报道称，上期所副总经理叶春和周四在上海一次会议上证实，上期所还将推出一种基础金属指数期货合约。

该报补充称，上期所也已完成铜期货期权与黄金期货期权的合约设计工作，但并未给出消息来源。

中国是铜和铁矿石等多种大宗商品的全球最大消费国，一直寻求在国际市场上获得更大定价权，推出新的期货合约便是措施之一。

按合约价值计，上海期交所是中国最大的大宗商品交易所。该所交易品种除金、银以外，还包括铜、铝、锌、铅、天然橡胶和燃料油。

上期所还计划在今年推出原油期货合约，这将使全球第二大石油消费国中国在原油定价上获得更大影响力。

译者/邢嵬