Monthly archives: July 2020
Steel & Scrap Morning Report
Crude nervy on virus threat to US gasoline demand
Lingering concerns over rising Coronavirus infections worldwide and its impact on demand continued to weigh on crude market sentiment and limit any upside. More than 14.5 million people have been infected by the novel Coronavirus globally and more than 604,000 have died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the pathogen, according to a Reuters …
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DCE slides on high port inventory
Iron ore futures closed at slight correction after a strong opening, only to sustain losses at the afternoon session due to rising port inventory. The most-traded iron ore for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange slipped by 0.31% or RMB 2.50 day-on-day to RMB 817 a tonne on Monday. Similarly, the steel rebar contract …
Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jul 16th
Verdict – Short-term bearish. Maintain Short-term bearish as last week. However daily low was higher than Friday and iron ore entered a slower correction phase. From hourly chart, iron ore entered a narrowed descending triangle area with lower highs and almost flat lows around 807.0 level. However daily slow stochastic KD is creating dead cross …
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Fertilizer Financial Markets Commentary/Curves
Daily Ferrous Physical Review Jul 20th
Ferrous Market Updates – Steelbank inventories 7.34 million tonnes, up 1.41% y-o-y. HRC inventories 1.81 million tonnes, down 1.37% y-o-y. – Tangshan increased production curb level from last week and this week. Most of the curb is related to sintering machine. Thus decreasing usage of iron ores and cokes in Tangshan Area. – China southern …
