Iron Ore and Steel Market Updates – Steelbank: construction steel inventories 6.95 million tonnes, down 1.87% w-o-w. HRC inventories 1.99 million tonnes, down 4.71% w-o-w. – China Statistic Bureau: crude steel output in May rose 4.2% y-o-y. Jan-May steel output rose 1.9% y-o-y. Pig iron output in May rose 2.4% y-o-y. Jan-May pig iron rose …
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Oil Through the Looking Glass 12/6/20
Resurgence of the Virus The virus is making a comeback in the United States as the number of infections rose past the 2 million mark. This has focused minds in the market on the worry of a second wave which is pushing oil contracts to their first weekly decline in seven weeks. Asian Gasoil Cracks …
Capesize rates back to $10,000 level
Capesize rates were back to the $10,000 level again, on the back of robust shipping demand in both basins. Thus, the Capesize 5 time charter average rose by $1,534 day-on-day to $10,676 on Thursday, continuing the bullish run since the start of the week. Follow in the bullish run, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) soared …
DCE rallies on record-low port inventory
Chinese futures closed the week on positive note after a rally at afternoon session as China’s port inventory dropped to the lowest level in four years. Thus, the most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, rose by 1.90% day-on-day to RMB 777 per tonne on Friday. The steel …
Iron Ore Offshore July 20 Morning Technical Comment – 240 Min Chart
Crude extends losses on ‘second wave’ fears
The crude market extended losses overnight as a surge in U.S. Coronavirus cases this week raised the prospect of a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak hitting demand in the world’s biggest consumer of crude and fuel. Traders are concerned about signs that Coronavirus cases in the U.S. are continuing to rise and topped …
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Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jun 12th(Hourly Chart from Apr 22nd to Jun 12th)
Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore rebounded with increasing volume and interest. However be aware of major trades are tend to be short-run. Iron ore tested low and strongly supported by 10 day moving average. The return to bull requires a breakthrough on 798.0, previous high. From hourly chart, MACD created gold cross. CCI …
Brent August 20 Morning Technical Comment – 240 Min
FIS Daily Physical Review Jun 12th
Iron Ore and Steel Market Updates – China 45 ports iron ore inventories at 106.97 million tonnes, down 560,000 tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore port inventories 61.29 million tonnes, up 780,000 tonnes w-o-w. Brazil iron ore 20.71 million tonnes, down 1.07 million tonnes w-o-w. – Mysteel researched 247 blast furnace operation rate at 91.67%, up 0.65% …
FIS Technical – DCE Iron Ore Sep 20
FIS Technical – DCE Iron Ore Sep 20 To view the full report please click on the link