Morning Oil Report 28/8/20

Good morning all. Brent futures for October, set to expire on Friday, rose 2 cents to $45.11 a barrel at 4:09 am GMT. The November contract climbed 3 cents to $45.63. WTI futures were down 3 cents, or 0.1%, to $43.01 a barrel.   Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, made landfall along the USGC …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review Aug 28th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore followed the rebound of shanghai equity, which has corrected over the entire week. Be aware of short-run money game since the volume boost up in some typical time spots of scalpers, for example, Asian opening, before T-break and after Afternoon starts. Iron ore September contract push up more, …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Aug 28th

Ferrous Market –    MySteel 45 ports iron ore inventory at 113.1 million tonnes, up 687,600 tonnes w-o-w. Daily evacuation 3.11 million tonnes down 167,000 tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore on ports at 57.35 million tonnes down 504,700 tonnes w-o-w. Brazil iron ore on ports at 29.80 million tonnes up 1.35 million tonnes w-o-w. 188 ships …

Capesize rates corrects despite healthy shipping demand

Capesize freight rates dipped slightly despite better shipping demand seen in both basins that kept up the bullish market momentum. Thus, the Capesize 5 time charter average faced some correction and fell by $117 day-on-day to $18,896 on Wednesday. Following the dip, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) dropped by 0.59% day-on-day to 1,509 readings.   …

Oil Through the Looking Glass 27/8/20

*WTI edges higher but products dip as US Gulf braces for Laura US crude was on the up as of 26th August as the region prepares for hurricane Laura, which is sweeping across the southern coast, yet demand for other products weakens S&P reports. NYMEX October WTI settled higher at $0.04 for the day whilst …