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Oil Through the Looking Glass 3/7/20
*OPEC’s Oil Basket Above $40* The collective prices of OPEC oil grades have pushed above $40 for the first time in four months. This falls in line with the slow-moving bullish sentiment that has been seen over the past couple of months as crude recovered for its lows in April. *US Lifts Some Venezuela …
Oil and Ore Intraday Morning Technical
Capesize rates rise over miners’ fixing spree
Capesize rates stayed above the $30,000 level due to the recent miners’ fixing spree in moving iron ore cargoes for arrival in China. The Capesize 5 time charter average reflected the firm freight market and spotted a gain of $438 day-on-day to $31, 377 on Thursday. This left the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) to seek …
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Steel & Scrap 03-07-20
Fertilizer Financial Markets Commentary/Curves
Morning Oil Note 3/7/20
Good morning all. Brent crude futures were down 35 cents, or 0.8%, at $42.79 a barrel as of 0633 GMT, and U.S. WTI crude futures fell 35 cents, or 0.9%, to $40.30 a barrel. Both benchmarks rose more than 2% yesterday, buoyed by stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data and a fall in U.S. crude inventories. For …
Freight Intraday Morning Technical
DCE ends the week on flat note
Chinese futures ended the week in positive despite mixed market outlook regarding the softening steel demand. The most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, rose slightly by RMB 5.00 or 0.67% day-on-day at RMB 746.50 per tonne on Friday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange …
Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jul 3rd
Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore consolidate in narrow range, open interest continuously exhaust. Iron ore trading range stuck in 737 – 748.5 area for current four trading days. The bigger range from 733.0 to 752.0. Iron ore will keep consolidating if fail to breakthrough the current range. Be aware of Friday games, iron …
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