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Morning Oil Report 20/8/20

Good morning all. Brent futures were down 36 cents, or 0.8%, at $45.01 a barrel by 4:42 am GMT, WTI futures were down 38 cents, or 0.9%, at $42.55 a barrel.   The US Federal Reserve released the minutes of its July Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Aug. 19 that highlighted the COVID-19 pandemic …

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Capesize rates weaken despite record-high iron ore prices

It was another softening day for the Capesize paper market despite robust steel demand in China that led iron ore prices to rise to a six-year high. The Capesize 5 time charter average went down by $225 day-on-day to $19,468 on Wednesday, despite another round of fixing spree by Brazil’s Vale for the Brazil to …

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Oil Through the Looking Glass 19/8/20

*US 0.5% Under Pressure American low sulphur fuel oil is under pressure as the retail and exports markets continue to remain poor, leaving few places to send 0.5% supplies. The drop in crude prices had previously pulled down prices, yet rising Brent prices again have not pulled up 0.5% alongside it. Brent has moved up …

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Capesize dips despite fixtures uptick

Capesize rates slipped on low volumes despite a flurry of physical fixture done over the key Brazil to China route. Thus, the Capesize 5 time charter average went down by $207 day-on-day to $19,693 on Tuesday, after the paper market failed to move into positive territory from increase of miner’s fixtures. Then, the Baltic Dry …

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Morning Oil Report 19/8/20

Brent futures fell 33 cents, or 0.7%, to $45.13 a barrel by 4:18 am GMT, while West Texas Intermediate futures were down 21 cents, or 0.5%, at $42.68 a barrel.   The continued spread of COVID-19 worldwide remains the key drag on the short-term demand outlook. Global COVID-19 infections exceeded 22 million case counts while …

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Another short trading week for Capesize

It was another short trading week for the Capesize market in view of the South Korean public holidays. Thus, the Capesize 5 time charter average slipped down slightly by $16 day-on-day to $19,900 on Monday, as the paper traded at very narrow range with thin volumes. Despite the flattish Capesize market, the Baltic Dry Index …

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Morning Oil Report 18/8/20

Good morning all. Brent futures were down 22 cents, or 0.5%, at $45.15 a barrel by 3:22 am GMT, while WTI was down 23 cents, or 0.5%, at $42.66 a barrel.   Oil prices moved higher overnight on strong support from ramped-up China crude purchases, a faster-than-expected US economic recovery and liquidity injections from China’s …

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