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China stocks slide sparks iron ore sell-off

Iron ore futures saw losses on the back of the biggest fall of Chinese stocks in more than five months, as investors cooled down their buying spree on signs of policy tightening after the country’s economic growth in the second quarter beat expectations.   This, coupled with some profit-taking activities on the back of the …

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Oil Through the Looking Glass 16/7/20

*OPEC Eases Oil Cuts OPEC+ Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee agreed on July 15 to taper production cuts from the current 9.7 million b/d to 7.7 million b/d from August. The main motivation behind this decision was confidence about recovering global demand, aided by seasonal consumption in many OPEC countries in the Middle East where peak …

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Capesize rates venture into a week of correction

Capesize rates came under correction again, perhaps fulfilling market expectation of a week for correction due to shipping supply glut. The Capesize 5 time charter average then fell further by $1,175 day-on-day to $24,387 by mid-July, 15 July 2020, despite an influx buyers entered at the afternoon session. Following the decline, the Baltic Dry Index …

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