FIS Capesize Technical Report

FIS Capesize Technical Report Technically bearish with limited downside as the index already has a USD 2k handle. Up USD 402 today would suggest the index is entering a countertrend move, however price that fails at or below USD 7,330 remains vulnerable to further tests to the downside. To view the full report please click …

China April Crude Steel Output Rose 0.2% Y/y to 85.03m Tons

China’s statistics bureau releases industrial output data. Crude steel output in April rose 0.2% y/y to 85.03m tons Crude steel output in Jan.-April rose 1.3% y/y to 319.46m tons Steel products output in April rose 3.6% y/y to 107.01m tons Steel products output in Jan.-April fell 0.2% y/y to 374.39m tons Primary aluminum output in April rose 1.5% y/y to …

China’s Industrial Economy Improves While Consumers Remain Wary

China’s industrial output increased in April for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak, adding to early signs of a recovery that economists cautioned would be slow and challenging. Industrial output rose 3.9% from a year earlier, reversing a drop of 1.1% in March, data showed Friday. Fixed-asset investment decreased 10.3% in the first four …

Saudi Loss of China Oil Market Share Likely Brief, Say Analysts

Saudi Arabia’s loss of oil market share in China last month to Russia and Iraq is likely to be fleeting, with analysts saying shipments from the kingdom to Asia’s largest economy are rebounding in May. Saudi crude exports to China could more than double to 10 million tons this month from April, according to ship-tracking …

Wheat Set for Worst Week in a Month on Record Stockpile Outlook

Wheat futures headed for their biggest weekly loss in a month on prospects for record global stockpiles, though prices held just above $5 a bushel on Friday with some areas still dry and on demand from importers. The July rice contract rose for a ninth day on tightness in U.S. old crop supplies. Soybeans advanced …

Is Australia the fall guy for the China – U.S. phase one trade deal?

I own a springer spaniel called Molly, she is small and gentle and knows never to pick a fight with a bigger dog as she was on the losing end of an altercation a few years back. The Australian government has an economy that is largely dependent on exports to China, not just minerals, but …

FIS Supramax Technical Report

FIS Supramax Technical Report The index remains between support and resistance as it continues to edge higher on the back of the divergence. Momentum indicators would suggest the technical remains vulnerable to further tests to the downside. However price action has produced 5 waves down that have ended in a divergence suggesting the downside phase …

China likely to speed up buying of U.S. farm goods – COFCO exec

* China will implement phase 1 trade deal with U.S. – COFCO exec * China needs to use huge soybean stocks from May-Sept -COFCO exec * Bad soybean crush margins to remain – COFCO exec * China’s soybean imports in 2019/20 seen at 87.50 mln T -exec * U.S. imports to be 13.70 mln T …

Wheat Heads for Worst Run Since January as Crop Futures Decline

Wheat futures in Chicago tumbled for a fifth day in the longest losing streak since January, dropping below $5 a bushel to the lowest in two months, on prospects for ample global supplies. Soybeans retreated for a third day, while corn eased as tensions between the U.S. and China over the coronavirus pandemic rekindled concerns …