Oil Through the Looking Glass 25/8/20

*Gulf Coast Refineries Shut Ahead of Storm, Gasoline Soars As 82% of the Gulf of Mexico production is shut down due to the storms and hurricanes that are battering the coastline which equates to nearly 1 million barrels a day, the gasoline futures rallied on the news of the shutdown. The day ended with the …

DCE cools down after last week rally

Iron ore futures slid at the start of the week, after the recent rally last week that pushed iron ore prices to a record high. Thus, the most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange dropped by 1.83% or RMB 15.50 day-on-day to RMB 832.50 per tonne on Monday. However, the …

Oil Through the Looking Glass 24/8/20

*China’s July Diesel Exports Hit Five Year Low China’s diesel exports fell by two thirds comparing to last July, as weakening demand from overseas has forces refineries to concentrate on domestic consumers. Only 550,000 tons were exported in July, a drop of half of levels seen only in June according to Reuters. Yet, domestic demand …

Capesize rates dip on a week of corrections

Capesize freight rates closed lower after the selloff in early session especially for the August and September contracts, while the Q4 contract held firm. Thus, the Capesize 5 time charter average went down by $652 day-on-day to $17,918 on Friday, to end the week on corrections for freight rates. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) then …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Aug 24th

Verdict – Short-term bearish. DCE iron ore correct for the fourth consecutive day, with lower lows and highs in a descending tunnel. Daily slow stochastic KD is correcting, weekly slow stochastic KD dead cross. CCI daily is moving in sharper descending trend compared with iron ore price. MACD created dead cross during the day. Technical …