ENGINE: Europe & Africa Bunker Fuel Market Update 27/09/2021

Bunker prices continue to rally with Brent as the futures contract rises above $79/bbl for the first time in three years.   Changes on the day to 10.30 GMT today:   VLSFO prices up in Durban ($15/mt) and Rotterdam ($8/mt), and steady in Gibraltar LSMGO prices up in Rotterdam and Gibraltar ($12/mt) and Durban ($3/mt) …

Daily DCE Review 27/9/21

Iron ore futures extended the rally from last week, benefiting from the restocking activities and stable steel prices. The futures of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for January delivery then rose by 3.53% day-on-day or up RMB 24 to RMB 703/mt, during the day trading session on Monday. The rebar future also hiked up by 0.96% …

Iron Ore DCE Jan Daily Technical Review 27/9/21

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish. DCE iron ore January contract maintained rebound during the day. From daily chart, MA5 and MA10 potentially create gold cross in the following two trading days. From hourly chart slow stochastic created a dead cross on the boundary of overbought area. If a breakthrough on major resistance at 715.0, …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 27/9/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Neutral. Macro ·         Guangdong Province, China appealed to stop electricity usage in low floors. Liaoning province electricity supply triggered serve shortage level because of the sudden decrease on wind power. Inner Mongolia started to stop operation in 6 out of 11 steel mills. Iron Ore Key Indicators: ·         Platts62 …

Daily Capesize Review 24/9/21

Capesize freight rates took a breather from previous bullish rally, while the market saw more supplies free from bad weather-related situations. The Capesize 5 time charter average, then went down by $374 day-on-day to $61,309 on Friday, due to some profit taking on the paper market. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) then dropped slightly by …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 27/09/21

Brent crude was up $1.14 or 1.5% at $79.23 a barrel by 0208 GMT, having risen a third consecutive week through Friday. U.S. Oil added $1.11 or 1.5% to $75.09, its highest since July, after rising for a fifth straight week last week.   Oil prices rose for a fifth straight day on Monday with …