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Capesize rates firm up on improving market

Capesize freight rates continued the upward momentum on better market sentiments and improving physical markets. The Capesize 5 time charter average inched up by $212 day-on-day to $18,749 on Friday, despite some profit-takings during the trading session. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also went up by 1% or 14 points day-on-day to 1,415 readings, given …

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Morning Oil Report 26/10/20

Brent crude was down 89 cents, or 2.1%, at $40.88 by 0647 GMT. U.S. WTI dropped 89 cents, or 2.2%, to $38.96. Brent fell 2.7% last week and WTI dropped 2.5%.   The weekend provided a plethora of different stories for crude and oil news this weekend in what has been a month predominantly dominated …

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Oil Through the Looking Glass 23.10.2020

*Oil Holds Near $42, Heads for Weekly Loss as Virus Cases Surge* Oil looks to post a first weekly loss in the last three as COVID looks to sweep through the northern hemisphere in a second wave, on top of mounting supply pressures from Libya, following the lifting of the 8-month blockade on oil exports …

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