Singapore Iron Ore Derivatives Report 26/10/20

Market Commentary Iron ore extended its losses on Monday as investors weighed supply and demand, while casting a watchful eye on China’s Communist Party plenum. Iron ore port inventories rose for a seventh consecutive week last Friday to hit an 8-month high. In addition, there are growing signs that the strength of demand is wavering …

Oil Through the Looking Glass 26/10/20

*Libya Lifts Force Majeure On El Feel Oil Field on Way To 1 Mil B/D Output* The El Feel oil field, also known as the Elephant, has had the force majeure lifted. The 70,000-bpd field is ramping up production to reach the target of 1 million barrels per day which would double current levels of …

DCE falls on supply glut

Iron ore futures continued to fall throughout the trading session due to high port inventory and slowing demand. The most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange then went down to an almost one-month low at RMB 760.50 per mt on Monday, down 3.31% on daily basis. The steel rebar contract …

Capesize rates firm up on improving market

Capesize freight rates continued the upward momentum on better market sentiments and improving physical markets. The Capesize 5 time charter average inched up by $212 day-on-day to $18,749 on Friday, despite some profit-takings during the trading session. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also went up by 1% or 14 points day-on-day to 1,415 readings, given …

Morning Oil Report 26/10/20

Brent crude was down 89 cents, or 2.1%, at $40.88 by 0647 GMT. U.S. WTI dropped 89 cents, or 2.2%, to $38.96. Brent fell 2.7% last week and WTI dropped 2.5%.   The weekend provided a plethora of different stories for crude and oil news this weekend in what has been a month predominantly dominated …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Oct 26th

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore corrected during the day, the low of the day at 756.5 did not breakdown 751.5. A breakdown on 751.5 would indicate iron ore created the second wave of correction. The first resistance at 776.0-780.0 was a previous support. However from hourly chart, slow stochastic KD is …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Oct 26th

Ferrous Market –    Steelbank Inventory: construction steel inventories 6.31 million tonnes, down 6.09% w-o-w. HRC 2.16 million tonnes, down 9.13%. –    Japan Iron & Steel Federation published data suggesting crude steel production 37.10 million tonnes in first half of Financial Year(Apr- Sep), down 26.8% y-o-y, also created the lowest since the year 1968. –    Tangshan …