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According to data released yesterday by the EIA, US crude inventories fell 7.5 million barrels to 531.7 million barrels for the week ended July 10, outpacing the 2.1 million-barrel drop expected by analysts and narrowing the surplus to the five-year average to 16.6%. Furthermore, gasoline stocks fell 3.1 million barrels over the same period to …
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Iron ore futures surged above 109 in London morning on Wednesday, reversing early losses in Asia, on fresh concerns of coronavirus outbreak in China. According to sources at port, a crew member in Lianyun Port was rumoured to have contracted the coronavirus, leading to fears of possible delays in ships unloading. So far, China …
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Episode 16 is all about cross commodities. Alistair Pettey, the new head of FIS’s cross commodity execution desk joins Chris, Alex and Tom to discuss new developments as well as the usual markets updates. Available now on the FIS website (www.freightinvestorservices.com/media ) Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7yMLsm5s8tLtrCQr7bG8wD?si=FW6Rvj9HRjClAx3vRjq8iw And Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242
Will we reach $260/t CFR for physical scrap? Stronger Chinese demand for finished steel products has helped increase Turkish scrap import prices over the past week. Again, there were a handful of physical bookings completed late last week between $255-$258/t CFR. According to Platts a US based seller transacted an HMS 90:10 cargo (which also …
