Oil Through the looking Glass 04/11/20

*Oil Rises After Trump Falsely Claims Victory in Tight U.S. Election* Oil is up over % on Wednesday at 1440GMT as Trump has claimed victory in the election, with the polls suggesting that the result will go down to the wire with millions of votes still left to be counted. A trump victory has always …

DCE falls on softer winter steel demand

Iron ore futures fell on the close, despite opening high at the afternoon session before slumping toward the end, due to slower steel demand. The most-traded iron ore for January 2021 delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange went down by 0.63% day-on-day to RMB 786.50/mt on Wednesday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures …

Morning Oil Report 04/11/20

Brent remain choppy this morning as API data shows of a Crude draw in the US but the short-term outlook remained uncertain as the outcome of the US election remained as clear as mud. West Texas Intermediate was up 0.3%, at $37.67 a barrel by 0735GMT, after trading in a nearly $1 range. Brent crude …

Capesize rates falls after short market rebound

Capesize freight rates plunged again after the recent rebound as bearish sentiment took over the freight market. The Capesize 5 time charter average then dropped by RMB 270 day-on-day to $15,445 on Tuesday, following a negative index. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also came under pressure and dropped by 1.64% or 21 points to 1,263 …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Nov 4th

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore tested 805.5 five times from hourly chart since Oct 16th. However the supports are becoming higher. The current range area is 783.5 – 805.5, a rejection on both bounds would maintain iron ore in consolidation. Open interest evaporated significantly by 40,000 lots, the biggest single down …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Nov 4th

Ferrous Market –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.32 million tonnes, up 17,800 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 3.82 million tonnes, down 301,500 tonnes w-o-w. Circulation inventory 8.66 million tonnes, down 704,400 tonnes w-o-w. –    Eurofer estimated steel apparent consumption down 14.6% in the year 2o2o, previous expected down 16.6%. Expected apparent consumption up 13% in …