Futures . metals
Aluminium
Aluminium, in dollars a tonne.
Last close
3,167.50 USD
Market data, close of Oct 30, 2026, supplied Oct 31, 2026.
The contract
- Quoted in
- USD
- Band
- metals
- Window drawn
- Nov 8, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026daily closes, drawn weekly
A continuous front-month series as the market data supplies it. The exchange, the contract months, the expiry and the settlement rules are not held, so none are printed.
The record
weekly, Nov 8, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026- 1 day
- -0.4%from Oct 29, 2026
- 1 month
- -4.1%from Sep 30, 2026
- 1 year
- +11.4%from Oct 30, 2025
- 5 years
- +15.9%from Oct 29, 2021
- Volatility, a year
- 33.5%annualised from 291 daily moves
- Deepest fall held
- -44.9%Mar 4, 2022 to Dec 8, 2023, weekly closes
- Today in the range held
- 60%0% is the low, 100% the high
Market data, close of Oct 30, 2026, supplied Oct 31, 2026.
The contract
- Quoted in
- USD
- Band
- metals
- Window drawn
- Nov 8, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026daily closes, drawn weekly
A continuous front-month series as the market data supplies it. The exchange, the contract months, the expiry and the settlement rules are not held, so none are printed.
In today's money
With the dollar held still, aluminium is 29.7% below its highest weekly close held, 4,508.34 in the week of Mar 4, 2022.
- 1 month, real
- -4.1%
- 1 year, real
- +16.5%
- 5 years, real
- -4.7%
Restated in the dollars of Sep 1, 2026 by the US consumer price index (CPI-U, all items, seasonally adjusted), US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The one-day figure is n/a because the index is published monthly.
The rest of the metals
7 shown- Gold3,898.90 USD-2.9%
- Micro Gold3,898.90 USD-3.7%
- Silver49.276 USD+1.4%
- Micro Silver49.276 USD+1.4%
- Copper6.482 USD+27.0%
- Platinum1,436.00 USD-11.0%
- Palladium987.70 USD-33.0%
Market data, each with its own close. The figure on the right is the move over a year.
Who it lands on
4 US companies smelt aluminiumAluminum
The Basic Materials sector- Alcoa CorporationAAP/E 8.99x
- Century Aluminum CompanyCENXP/E 79.69x
- Constellium SECSTMP/E 11.18x
- Kaiser Aluminum CorporationKALUP/E 15.35x
P/E from each company's own filed accounts, newest fiscal year; this price is not one of the inputs. Largest published market value first, no ratio orders the list; market values of Nov 6, 2026.