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Freight Intraday Morning Technical
Capesize rebounds upon market optimism
Capesize rates ended its losing streaks and booked slight gains with improvement of shipping demands in both basins. The Capesize 5 time charter average went up $252 day-on-day to $24,639 on Thursday, as the Australian miners returned to the spot market. Given the Capesize uptick, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) inched up slightly by 0.18% …
Freight Intraday Morning Technical
Ship Shape – FIS Commodity Weekly 17/07/20
A V-Shaped Recovery We have noted for several weeks now that there are more and more examples of countries or sectors returning to work. GDP figures show China has returned to growth, with many other countries reversing the dramatic trend that befell their Q1 economic data. It is, so far, a V-shaped rebound that has …
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ShipShape: A V-Shaped Recovery
We have noted for several weeks now that there are more and more examples of countries or sectors returning to work. GDP figures show China has returned to growth, with many other countries reversing the dramatic trend that befell their Q1 economic data. It is, so far, a V-shaped rebound that has mirrored much of …
China stocks slide sparks iron ore sell-off
Iron ore futures saw losses on the back of the biggest fall of Chinese stocks in more than five months, as investors cooled down their buying spree on signs of policy tightening after the country’s economic growth in the second quarter beat expectations. This, coupled with some profit-taking activities on the back of the …
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Freight Intraday Morning Technical
Capesize rates venture into a week of correction
Capesize rates came under correction again, perhaps fulfilling market expectation of a week for correction due to shipping supply glut. The Capesize 5 time charter average then fell further by $1,175 day-on-day to $24,387 by mid-July, 15 July 2020, despite an influx buyers entered at the afternoon session. Following the decline, the Baltic Dry Index …
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OPEC+ to ease cuts on improving market confidence
According to data released yesterday by the EIA, US crude inventories fell 7.5 million barrels to 531.7 million barrels for the week ended July 10, outpacing the 2.1 million-barrel drop expected by analysts and narrowing the surplus to the five-year average to 16.6%. Furthermore, gasoline stocks fell 3.1 million barrels over the same period to …
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