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DCE cools down after last week rally

Iron ore futures slid at the start of the week, after the recent rally last week that pushed iron ore prices to a record high. Thus, the most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange dropped by 1.83% or RMB 15.50 day-on-day to RMB 832.50 per tonne on Monday. However, the …

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Oil Through the Looking Glass 24/8/20

*China’s July Diesel Exports Hit Five Year Low China’s diesel exports fell by two thirds comparing to last July, as weakening demand from overseas has forces refineries to concentrate on domestic consumers. Only 550,000 tons were exported in July, a drop of half of levels seen only in June according to Reuters. Yet, domestic demand …

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Capesize rates dip on a week of corrections

Capesize freight rates closed lower after the selloff in early session especially for the August and September contracts, while the Q4 contract held firm. Thus, the Capesize 5 time charter average went down by $652 day-on-day to $17,918 on Friday, to end the week on corrections for freight rates. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) then …

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Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Aug 24th

Verdict – Short-term bearish. DCE iron ore correct for the fourth consecutive day, with lower lows and highs in a descending tunnel. Daily slow stochastic KD is correcting, weekly slow stochastic KD dead cross. CCI daily is moving in sharper descending trend compared with iron ore price. MACD created dead cross during the day. Technical …

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Daily Ferrous Physical Review Aug 24th

Ferrous Market –    Shanghai 16-25mm rebar consolidate from 3670- 3690 yuan for previous 6 weeks. However Rizhao PBF increased 18.63% during the same period. Thus many northern mills rebar profit has been squeezed to negative area. Mills started to think about decrease sintering ores and increase proportion of lumps, which currently running at historical low …

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Morning Oil Report 24/8/20

Good morning all. Brent futures were down 2 cents, or 0.1%, to $44.33 a barrel by 3:16 am GMT, while WTI futures slipped 2 cents, or 0.1%, to $42.32 a barrel.   With the markets moving into a soft contango and the front-month struggling to breakout topside even as broader risk market stabilize, traders have …

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