DCE ends high on market optimism

Chinese futures rose on the opening day of the week, due to bullish market sentiment and concerns over supply tightness. As such, the most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, rose by RMB 6.50 or 0.87% day-on-day to RMB 750.50 per tonne on Monday. Similarly, the steel rebar …

Morning Oil Note 6/7/20

Oil futures were mixed on Monday morning, with Brent buoyed by tighter supplies to 18 cents (0.4%) at $42.98 a barrel at 2:52 am GMT, while concerns about rising COVID-19 cases in the US dampened WTI futures by 23 cents (0.6%) to $40.42 from its last settlement on Thursday. Newly reported coronavirus cases and mobility …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jul 6th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore rebounded aggressively by DCE afternoon session opening, and give back most of gains quickly. The rebound is potentially a test high of market. DCE iron ore in short-run still stuck in consolidation area. A rebound needs a confirm of breakthrough 772.0 area. A correction needs a confirm to …

FIS Daily Physical Review Jul 6th

Ferrous Market Updates –    ​Steelbank construction steel inventories 7.11 million tonnes, up 1.73% w-o-w. HRC inventories 1.84 million tonnes, up 1.08% w-o-w. –    Tangshan announced a new round of environment protection and production curb started from July 5th. However details to be announced. –    Some traders indicated currently seaborne iron ore were strong last week …

Australian products overshadow Brazilian high-grade ores

A total of 3.05 million mt of iron ore was exchanged hands for the week ended Jul 3, up 26.60% week-on-week from previous week traded volumes. As usual, the Australian Pilbara Blend Fines (PBF) remained the most popular products among buyers, accounting nearly 34% of the trades. The next popular products went to Jimblebar fines …