Oil Prices Remain Volatile As Spare Capacity Dries Up 08/06/22

Oil prices face big volatility as spare capacity dries up After more than a year of pressure from the United States and other top oil consuming countries, OPEC+ finally agreed to accelerate oil supply increases last week to tame runaway fuel prices and slow inflation. But that will leave producers with very little spare capacity, …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 08/06/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. As expected from previous two technical reports, DCE iron ore September contract test high and corrected back after rejected by previous high at 948.0. The return to bull needs to see changing hands, because aggregated open interested has reached the two-year high, indicating new long positions need to confirm …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 08/06/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • World Bank decreased global economy growth rate by 1/3 to 2.9%. The institute indicated that the growth rate in 2023 and 2024 potentially stay on this level. • Russia is recovering oil export from the port Kozmino by 20%, to satisfy demand from Asian buyers …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 07/06/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish.   As expected from previous technical report, DCE iron ore September contract test high and corrected back after rejected by last high at 948.0. The return to bull needs to see changing hands, because aggregated open interested has reached the two-year high, indicating new long positions need to confirm …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 07/06/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • Global May PMI 53.5%, up 0.3% from April, terminated the two consecutive decrease on monthly basis. • BOFA predicted that ECB rate hike by 150 bps, including 50 bps increase in both July and September. Previous prediction was 100 bps hike.   Iron Ore Key …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review 06/06/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish.   DCE iron ore September contract reversed after refreshing listed high at 948.0 and gave back all gains created during the day. The return to bull needs to see changing hands, because aggregated open interested has reached the two-year high, indicating new long positions need to confirm a short-run …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 06/06/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bullish.   Macro • China Auto Sales recover significantly in May. According to China Automobile Association statistics, China may vehicle sales 1.76 million units, up 49.59% from April, down 17.06% y-o-y. China January to May sales 9.45 million units, down 13.11% y-o-y. • Russia announced that the …

Saudis Raise Oil Prices More Than Expected For Asian Markets 06/06/22

Saudis Raise Oil Prices More Than Expected Amid Asia Rebound Saudi Arabia raised oil prices for its biggest market of Asia by more than expected as the region’s main economies ease coronavirus restrictions, helping boost demand. The increase for July shipments resumes a streak of hikes that started in February and was only broken when …