Fertilizer Financial Markets Report 4/9/20

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Fertilizer Financial Markets Report 3/9/20

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Fertilizer Financial Markets Commentary/Curves

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Gone With the Wind – Ship Shape Commodity Weekly

Dominating the news this week has not been the hopeless story of a Southern girl’s love for a married man, but rather the twin storms in the Gulf of Mexico. The bluster behind this story left oil and tanker markets in a spin with impending disruption and shutdowns.   As of late Thursday, Hurricane Laura …

Castaway Podcast – Episode 22

Storm clouds are brewing in the US, but for now it’s all clear at the FIS offices where the team are joined by Richard Heath, Senior Manager of group Strategy at EEX, to discuss developments in the dry and container freight futures markets, together with our usual comment and analysis across FIS products   Available …

Ferts in Focus 26/8/20

*Urea markets cool ahead of MMTC tender This week saw intl urea markets drift lower as expectations of price levels in MMTC’s upcoming tender were scaled back due to Chinese export appetite. As a result, AG paper traded down to $260 for the October and November contracts and was offered into the mid $260s for …

Ship Shape – A Sleeping Bull in a China Shop

Sleepy Joe may have confirmed Kamala Harris as his running mate for the US Presidency, but there is another sleepy factor lurking in the background, ready to bring either fireworks or a quiet slide into obscurity towards the end of this year. The world has endured a period of huge upheaval. From the virus outbreak …

Ferts in Focus 19/8/20

India’s RCF fares better than expectations The past week saw volume and prices confirmed into India’s most recent urea purchasing tender, with 958kmt of awards accepted at levels of $289/t cfr WC and $290.50 cfr EC. The volume was higher than most were expecting, with the Chinese participating in large volume (around 400kmt estimated to …

Ship Shape – FIS Commodity Weekly 14/8/20

The Quiet Before the Storm   As thunder and lightning rages around the British Isles, you can’t help but draw a parallel with global markets. As we come towards the end of summer, having had what little respite we have been allowed with lockdown measures, the low activity and pause for many markets may now …