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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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China Wuxi Cobalt Index Weekly Technical Review 18/1/21

Verdict – Short-term Bearish. China Wuxi Cobalt corrected significantly during the early Asian morning session with increasing volume. The slow stochastic KD created dead cross on overbought area in Jan 15th. CCI created double top in Jan 15th. Daily MACD was narrowing and potentially create dead cross in next few trading hours. Daily candles created …

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