Daily DCE Review 4/2/21

Iron ore futures jumped on better post-Lunar New Year demand, which resulted a rally in the afternoon session. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), jumped by 5.26% day-on-day or RMB 49.50 to RMB 991/mt on Thursday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange also rose by 1.94% …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 4/2/21

Brent crude futures gained 47 cents, or 0.8%, to $58.93 a barrel, by 0317 GMT with levels reaching $59 by 0745GMT, having earlier hit their highest since Feb. 21, 2020 in the wake of the OPEC+ decision. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures climbed 49 cents, or 0.9%, to $56.18 a barrel after reaching …

Daily Capesize Review 3/2/21

Capesize freight rates slid downward on muted physical market with Lunar New Year holidays round the corner. The Capesize 5 time charter average then slumped further by $1,251 day-on-day to $12,802 on Wednesday, after a choppy trading session. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also continued to dip further by 3.84% day-on-day or 53 points to …

Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review 4/2/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore rebounded significantly in the afternoon session, along with major commodities and Shanghai equity all recovered the sentiments and rebounded before and after lunch. However open interest and volume growth were not significant, indicating a testing period for market to return to neutral. A breakthrough on 1008.0 area would …

Ferrous Daily Physical Review 4/2/21

Ferrous Market –    Tangshan 10 sample steel mills pig iron before tax 3117 yuan/tonne, billet cost 3956 yuan/tonne, down 1 yuan/tonne w-o-w. Gross profit -106 yuan/tonne, down 9 yuan/tonne. –    Tangshan billet lock price at 3850 yuan from Feb 2 – 17th(16 days), a 7 year high price during Chinese New Year. 3300 yuan(22 days) …