Daily DCE Review 26/2/21

Iron ore futures closed higher at the afternoon session, despite a sluggish start in the morning session, amid good steel consumption for the week. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), then rose by 1.72% day-on-day or RMB 19.50 to RMB 1,151/mt on Friday. The steel rebar contract on the …

Daily Capesize Review 25/2/21

Capesize freight rates fell on market volatility, despite some upward momentum seen in the C5 in the paper market. The Capesize 5 time charter average then dipped slightly by $112 day-on-day to $12,203 on Thursday, amid a choppy session for the FFAs market. Thus, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also dropped slightly by 0.53% or …