Aluminum Price Today & History ALI=F
Quoted per metric ton (USD)
Aluminum (ALI=F) is trading up at $3,239.00 per metric ton (+0.34%), as of the latest quote.
Aluminum price history
Aluminum last closed at $3,239.00 per metric ton on Oct 8, 2026. That is +21.68% over one year. Over the past 52 weeks its closing price ranged from $2,603.50 (Oct 10, 2025) to $4,195.00 (May 27, 2026).
| Period | Change |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -5.82% |
| 6 months | -4.01% |
| Year to date | +11.45% |
| 1 year | +21.68% |
| 3 years | +45.43% |
| 5 years | +8.29% |
| Year | Highest close | Lowest close | Year-end close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | $4,195.00 | $2,925.25 | $3,239.00 | +11.45% |
| 2025 | $2,924.75 | $2,166.25 | $2,906.25 | +15.25% |
| 2024 | $2,703.50 | $2,125.00 | $2,521.75 | +8.13% |
| 2023 | $2,670.75 | $2,073.25 | $2,332.25 | -3.24% |
| 2022 | $3,873.00 | $2,098.75 | $2,410.25 | -12.43% |
| 2021 (from Oct 7) | $3,202.50 | $2,540.00 | $2,752.50 | — |
Daily closing prices for ALI=F over the last five years, from Yahoo Finance. Highest and lowest are daily closes, not intraday extremes. The current year runs to the latest close.
About Aluminum
Aluminum is the second-most-used industrial metal after iron, central to packaging, transportation, and construction. CME aluminum futures (ALI) settle against the LME cash price in US dollars per metric ton.
About the Aluminum market
Aluminum is a light, corrosion-resistant metal used in transport, packaging such as drinks cans, construction, power lines and consumer goods. The contract tracked on this page is Aluminum Futures on COMEX, part of CME Group, under the product code ALI. One contract covers 25 metric tons and is quoted in US dollars and cents per metric ton, and the contract is physically deliverable.
Making aluminum from its ore takes a great deal of electricity, so power and energy costs are a large part of what it costs to produce, and changes in those costs can affect smelter output and the price. Demand follows industrial activity in construction, vehicles and packaging. Trade policy, including tariffs on imported metal, can open gaps between regional prices, and the level of stocks held in exchange warehouses is watched as a sign of how tight supply is.
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