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Ferrous trade weekly review 26/2/21

A total of 740,000 mt of iron ores was traded for the week ended Feb 26, as the market welcomed the return of Chinese trade participants from holidays. During the week, the trading activities began sluggishly and thinned as mills gradually resumed to the full operation capacity to pre-holidays level. Nevertheless, the PBF accounted the …

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Fuel Oil Morning Report 26/02/21

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dropped 72 cents, or 1.1%, to $62.81 a barrel at 0516 GMT, giving up all of Thursday’s gains. Brent crude futures for April, which expires on Friday, fell 63 cents, or 0.9%, to $66.25 a barrel, following a 16-cent loss on Thursday. The more active May contract was …

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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 …

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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 …

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