Aluminium futures were trading lower during the noon trade in the domestic market on Thursday as investors and speculators cut down their bets in the industrial metal amid fall in physical demand for aluminium at the domestic spot market.

Further, a slide in physical demand for aluminium at the domestic spot market was due to trimming of positions by traders in the spot markets.

At the MCX, aluminium futures for September 2019 contract is trading at Rs 138.80 per kg, down by 0.18 per cent, after opening at Rs 139.05, against a previous close of Rs 139.05. It touched the intra-day low of Rs 138.60 (at 12:52 hours).