May volumes at the Dalian Commodity Exchange, China’s second largest commodities bourse, have fallen by nearly a quarter year on year. The bourse saw 25.3m contracts change hands during May, down 24.6% on May 2009.
The month-on-month fall was less severe, at 8.5%. Total notional value of trading reached Rmb2.2tn ($322bn), down 34% on...