FIS Castaway Podcast – Episode 55 19/05/21

    FIS Castaway Podcast – Episode 55   With storm clouds over London this week, we try to clear things up about what’s been happening with the dramatic falls on freight, whispers of Iranian oil coming back, and strong steel mill margins in China, on this week’s Castaway podcast.       Listen Below: …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 19/5/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Iron ore short-run neutral to bearish.   Macro ·         On May 18, China’s National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC) held a regular press conference: the NDRC and the General Administration of Market Supervision are jointly investigating the market conditions of steel and iron ore. “We will accelerate the construction of …

Daily DCE Review 19/5/21

Iron ore futures dipped by the close of the day trading session, as trade participants expected more top-down measures to cool the market.   The futures of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for September delivery then dropped for the second consecutive day by 3.25% on-day or up RMB 40 to RMB 1,192.50/mt on Wednesday.   The …

Daily Capesize Review 18/5/21

Capesize freight rates dipped further despite a better showing from the physical market that led some trade participants to believe the freight rates were bottoming up. The Capesize 5 time charter average then fell by $1,273 day-on-day to $31,429 on Tuesday, despite some improvement in the physical market. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also went …

Fuel Oil Morning Report 19/05/21

Brent crude futures fell 73 cents, or 1.1%, to $67.98 a barrel at 0452 GMT. It settled 1.1% lower on Tuesday after briefly climbing above $70 earlier in the session. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dropped 77 cents, or 1.2%, to $64.72 a barrel, following a 1.2% fall on Tuesday.   API Crude …

Morning Report Tanker FFA 19/05/21

OIL DAYBOOK EUROPE: Talks of an Iranian Breakthrough Dialed Back (Bloomberg) A senior Russian diplomat denied reports that he expects an imminent breakthrough in critical negotiations over restoring the Iranian nuclear deal, after tweets suggesting such an advance triggered a slump in oil prices below $65 as Stockpiles Expand, Iran Talks Cast Shadow.     …