Monthly archives: August 2020
Oil Through the Looking Glass 6/8/20
*OPEC Middle East Production Nudging Up Production from the Middle East moved up in July after Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE reversed the voluntary production cuts above and beyond the official cut agreement. The largest increases came from Kuwait and UAE, followed by the Saudis. According to Bloomberg the four nations boosted crude and condensate …
DCE Iron Ore Sep 20
Steel and Scrap News 6/8/20
*Physical scrap breaks the $280/t CFR barrier Physical scrap moved higher this week, with a handful of fixtures reported late last week and early this week. The most recent fixture included a Baltic based seller transacting an HMS 80:20 cargo at $283/t CFR. Furthermore, a Benelux based seller is reported to have transacted a 50:50 …
Capesize loses steam after recent rally
The Capesize market suffered a slip up after recent rally with less shipping enquires in both the Pacific and Atlantic market. The Capesize 5 time charter average then dropped by $304 day-on-day to $20,383 on Wednesday, due to some selling pressure before seeing a mini revival later at afternoon session for better rates. Thus, the …
FIS Panamax Technical Report
DCE extends gains on better downstream demand
Iron ore futures rallied on bullish market sentiment since the start of week on better downstream demand from China. The most-traded iron ore for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange rose by 2.88% or RMB 25.50 day-on-day to RMB 910 per tonne on Thursday. Following the rally, the Shanghai Futures Exchange also went up …
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Steel & Scrap Morning Report
FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 06/08/2020
Good morning. Brent futures rose 9 cents or nearly 0.2% to $45.25 by 4:36 am GMT, while WTI futures eased 3 cents, or 0.1%, to $42.16 a barrel. Global COVID-19 cases stand at 18,727, 700, while total deaths had exceeded the 700,000 mark, according to data from John Hopkins University. While the number of daily …
Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Aug 6th
Verdict – Short-term consolidate at high level. DCE iron ore September is expected to roll to January contract as major contract from tomorrow or early next week. According to historical rule, rolling normally come along with smaller open interest. That is to say, the previous long interest built to push iron ore market up potentially …
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