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DCE corrects on lower steel prices

Iron ore futures went down to correction phrase, after opening high in the morning session only to close lower at the afternoon session. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) dipped slightly by 0.73% or RMB 7.50 to RMB 1,025.50/mt on Monday. Similarly, the steel rebar contract on the Shanghai …

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Capesize rates hike amid slow trading

Capesize freight rates managed to rise toward year-end, even though shipping demand slowed ahead of the holidays season. The Capesize 5 time charter average then hiked up by $224 day-on-day to $16,633 on Dec 24, despite slow trading day with only several trades being transacted in tight range. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was almost …

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Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review Dec 28th

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore retreated after rejection below important resistance at 1069.5 last Friday. Mid-run iron ore consolidate between 992.0-1069.5 area. However a breakdown on 990.5-992.0 area would indicate a potential reversal to bearish territory in long-run. Hourly CCI corrected from one week high to one week low during one …

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Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 28th

Ferrous Market –    Steelbank Inventory: construction steel inventories 2.87 million tonnes, down 3.55% w-o-w. HRC 1.39 million tonnes, up 12.65% w-o-w –    China January to November above scale industry companies net profit 5.74 trillion yuan, up 2.4% y-o-y, up 1.7% compared to January to October. Ferrous and steel pressing down 9.9% y-o-y. –    The flat …

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Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review Dec 25th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore rejected by 1069.5, the important resistance level. From hourly chart, hourly MACD created gold cross. Slow stochastic KD widened and increase. CCI created new high during the week. Technical signals were indicating potential to create new high. The first support is 1005.0. The first resistance is 1069.5

More iron ore price corrections after stricter trading measures

A total of 770,000 mt of iron ores was traded for the week ended Dec 24, less 7.23% on-week as compared to the trade volume of 770,000 mt recorded last week. Benchmark iron ore prices peaked above $175/mt since the start of the week, but soon dropped as Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) imposed stricter measures …

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