Monthly archives: December 2020

Capesize rates benefit from better Pacific market

Capesize freight rates inched up despite muted shipping activities, except for key shipping routes of the west Australia and Brazil to China. The Capesize 5 time charter average then hiked up by $384 day-on-day to $15,469 on Tuesday, after a quiet start to the week with small trading volume in between. The Baltic Dry Index …

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Morning Oil Report

Brent crude futures fell 71 cents, or 1.4%, to $49.37 a barrel at 0646 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures slid 67 cents, or 1.4%, to $46.35 a barrel. Both contracts fell nearly 2% on Tuesday, already a second straight session of declines.   API Crude +2.70M Cushing +0.341M Gasoline -0.224M Distillate …

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Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 23rd

Ferrous Market –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.31 million tonnes, up 40,100 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 4.46 million tonnes, up 47,800 tonnes w-o-w. Circulation inventory 5.58 million tonnes, down 92,600 tonnes w-o-w. –    MySteel Australia and Brazil iron ore total delivery at 25.17 million tonnes, up 2.45 million tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore delivery …

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Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review Dec 23rd

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore decreased total 10% open interest from Tuesday and Wednesday. From hourly candles, iron ore potentially created a roof area and face mid-run level reversal from peak area. Hourly MACD was narrowing below 0 axis. Hourly candles were continuously decreasing the volatility. Hourly slow stochastic KD created …

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