Daily DCE review 18/1/21

Iron ore futures continued to rally on better economic indicators from China, despite market concerns over slower restocking activities and rising coronavirus cases in Hebei. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) then, rose by 1.65% on-day or RMB 17.50 to RMB 1,075/mt on Monday. The steel rebar contract on …

Daily Capesize Review 15/1/21

Capesize freight rates softened by mid-January, despite having the strongest opening at the start of the year as opposed to historical norm of weak seasonality. The Capesize 5 time charter average then dropped for the third consecutive days by $990 day-on-day to $23,989 on Friday, despite some decent gains made in the prompt contracts. The …

Morning Oil Report 18/1/21

Brent crude fell 30 cents, or 0.5%, to $54.79 a barrel by 0622 GMT, after dropping 2.3% on Friday. U.S. oil was down by 21 cents, or 0.4%, at $52.15 a barrel, having declined 2.3% in the previous trading session. “The Relative Strength Indexes (RSI’s) on both contracts were in overbought territory, indicating a correction …

Ferrous Daily Physical Review 18/1/21

Ferrous Market –    China National Bureau of Statistics: China 2020 crude steel production 1.05 billion tonnes, up 5.2% y-o-y. Pig iron production 887.52 million tonnes, up 4.3% y-o-y. Steel production 1.32 billion tonnes, up 7.7% y-o-y. –    A fire that broke out early Thursday at one of Vale’s ship loaders in northern Brazil was contained …

Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review 18/1/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore created new high since 22/12/2020. Currently iron ore created three dojis during last three hours from hourly chart, indicating the rebound was exhausted at the moment. However in mid-run iron ore created 1069.5- 1079 – 1084.5, higher highs over the new year. Thus mid-run was in neutral to …