Morning Oil Report

Brent crude futures fell 71 cents, or 1.4%, to $49.37 a barrel at 0646 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures slid 67 cents, or 1.4%, to $46.35 a barrel. Both contracts fell nearly 2% on Tuesday, already a second straight session of declines.   API Crude +2.70M Cushing +0.341M Gasoline -0.224M Distillate …

DCE ends bullish run due to crackdown measures

Iron ore futures reversed into losses after a record-breaking run, due to a selloff at the afternoon session as anti-speculative trading measures took effect. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) dropped by 4.78% or RMB 53 to RMB 1,055/mt on Tuesday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures …