Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review Dec 24th

Verdict – Short-term neutral. DCE iron ore spiked and retreat from the high during last trading hour. Iron ore consolidate in the range 1027.5- 1059.0 area in short-run potentially. Hourly slow stochastic KD potentially create dead cross. Hourly MACD flattened during last two hours. Technical signals were indicating neutral. The first support is 1127.5. The …

DCE corrects from trading limits

Iron ore futures continued to correct after another choppy session, as market participants felt the effect of trading limits imposed by the exchange. Thus, the most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) went down by 5.78% or RMB 62.50 to RMB 1,027/mt on Wednesday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 23rd

Ferrous Market –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.31 million tonnes, up 40,100 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 4.46 million tonnes, up 47,800 tonnes w-o-w. Circulation inventory 5.58 million tonnes, down 92,600 tonnes w-o-w. –    MySteel Australia and Brazil iron ore total delivery at 25.17 million tonnes, up 2.45 million tonnes w-o-w. Australia iron ore delivery …

Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review Dec 23rd

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bearish. DCE iron ore decreased total 10% open interest from Tuesday and Wednesday. From hourly candles, iron ore potentially created a roof area and face mid-run level reversal from peak area. Hourly MACD was narrowing below 0 axis. Hourly candles were continuously decreasing the volatility. Hourly slow stochastic KD created …

DCE ends bullish run due to crackdown measures

Iron ore futures reversed into losses after a record-breaking run, due to a selloff at the afternoon session as anti-speculative trading measures took effect. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) dropped by 4.78% or RMB 53 to RMB 1,055/mt on Tuesday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures …

DCE defies gravity with bullish run

Iron ore futures continued their gravity-defying act for another record-breaking run, fueled by speculative trading and robust steel demand in China. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) broke new record with a daily gain of 9.68% to RMB 1,144.50/mt on Monday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Dec 21st

Ferrous Market –    Municipality of Brumadinho, Minas Gerais,have suspended for 7 days, or until the facts of the December 18 accident are clarified.A Vale miner Corrego do Feijao landslide in 18th caused 1 death. However Vale claimed the impact is not included in the production target since this miner is closed after the dam collapse …

Iron Ore DCE May Daily Technical Review Dec 21st

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish. DCE iron ore continued the market squeeze and the intra-day high was only 50 cents from limit up. Both SHFE rebar and SHFE HRC reached limit up. A stand on the upper side of the gap at 1100.0 from hourly chart would indicate iron ore potentially maintain strong. The …

Another bullish week for iron ore

A total of 830,000 mt of iron ores was traded for the week ended Dec 18, almost thrice of the trade volume recorded last week at 180,000 mt. Iron ore prices continued the rally seen last week with price touching near the $160/mt mark, which resulted some buyers to procure from cheaper portside stocks instead. …