Monthly archives: March 2021

Daily DCE Review 22/3/21

Iron ore futures closed lower at the afternoon session, after a sell off session that begun at the start of the trading day. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), then fell by 5.90% day-on-day or down RMB 63 to RMB 1,004.50/mt on Monday. The steel rebar contract on the …

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FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 22/03/21

Brent crude was down 60 cents, or 0.9%, at $63.93 a barrel by 0136 GMT before softening sharply to print $63.60 by 0715GMT. U.S. oil was off by 68 cents, or 1.1%, at $60.74 a barrel. Both contracts fell by more than 6% last week.   Oil rose more than 2% in volatile trading on …

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Daily Capesize Review 19/3/21

Capesize freight rates inched upward, despite slow shipping activities and market concerns over disruptions of Australian coal shipments. The Capesize 5 time charter average then increased by $564 day-on-day to $19,437 on Friday, due to improvement in the physical market. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also surged up higher by 2.98% or 66 points to …

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