FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 07/06/21

Brent futures settled at $71.31 a barrel, down 4 cents after touching its highest since May 2019 earlier in the session. U.S. crude settled at $68.81 a barrel, losing 2 cents. WTI prices rose as high as $69.40, the strongest since October 2018, after gaining 1.5% in the previous session.   U.S. crude inventories dropped …

Daily Capesize Review 3/6/21

Capesize freight rates continued its downward spiral, due to thin market activities following holiday in Brazil. The Capesize 5 time charter average, then fell further by $1,629 day-on-day to $22,102 on Thursday, after another rounds of selloff. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also dropped further by 2.29% or 58 points on-day to 2,472 readings, due …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 04/06/21

At 11:06 am Singapore time (0306 GMT), the ICE Brent August contract was down 26 cents/b (0.36%) from the previous settle at $71.05/b, while the July NYMEX light sweet crude contract was down 19 cents/b (0.28%) at $68.62/b.   EIA week ending 5/28 Crude oil: -5.1M Gasoline: +1.5M Distillates: +3.7M Refiner utilz: 88.7% Impld mogas …

Daily DCE Review 3/6/21

Iron ore futures extended the bullish run throughout the week, despite softening of steel prices and Chinese authority’s call to stabilize commodity prices. The futures of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) for September delivery then rose by 1.88% on-day or up RMB 22 to RMB 1,194/mt on Thursday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 03/06/21

Brent crude futures were up 49 cents, or 0.7%, at $71.84 a barrel by 0233 GMT, the highest since September 2019. The international benchmark gained 1.6% on Wednesday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 44 cents, or 0.6%, to $69.27 a barrel. Prices earlier rose to as much as $69.32, the most since October …