Japan May aluminium stocks down 17.7 pct vs April

TOKYO, June 11 (Reuters) - Aluminium stocks held at three major Japanese ports amounted to 243,300 tonnes at the end of May, down 52,300 tonnes or 17.7 percent from a month earlier, trading house Marubeni Corp (8002.T) said on Thursday.

Marubeni collects data from the key ports of Yokohama, Nagoya and Osaka. (Reporting by Miho Yoshikawa)