FIS Weekly Ferrous: iron ore neutral but risk remains

Ferrous Sector Money-flow: The previous weekly report gave seven weeks of short-run consolidation from the end of May when seeing the open interest peak for DCE market.   However market was strong by the first half of July. Open interest indicated most of the push was due to exit of shorts and re-entry as new …

DCE rises again on supply concerns

Iron ore futures rose for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, in view of supply tightness in the market. At the closing of the afternoon session, the most-traded iron ore for September delivery on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange went up by 2.44 % or RMB 20 day-on-day to RMB 838.50 a tonne. Likewise, the steel …

FOMO drives China iron ore sentiment

Iron ore futures rallied sharply on the first trading day of the week on market optimism over steel demand as China’s recovery gathered momentum. An upturn in industrial output suggests that the economy expanded in last quarter after cratering in the opening three months due to the coronavirus impact, according to Bloomberg Economics. The robust …

DCE continues to rally from last week gains

Chinese futures ended the afternoon session on gains and continued the rally seen last week in view of market optimism and possible supply tightness from Brazilian suppliers. The most-actively traded iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), for September delivery, rose by RMB 38 or 4.80% day-on-day to RMB 829 per tonne on …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jul 13th

Verdict – Short-term neutral to bullish. DCE iron ore rebounded and saw massive short covering during Asian hours. Daily candle successfully created new high and led iron ore to bullish territory in mid-run. However from hourly chart, slow stochastic KD is narrowing above over-bought area. CCI is correcting to 100 area from the weekly high. …

Daily Ferrous Physical Review Jul 13th

Ferrous Market Updates –    Steelbank Inventory: rebar inventories 9.98 million tonnes, up 16.11% w-o-w. HRC 3.47 million tonnes, up 21.45%. –    Mysteel early July crude steel production expected 2.93 million tonnes/daily, down 0.64% from end-June. –    Brazil Miners Association president Flavio Penido said Brazil can run all iron ore miners and recover the production. Mining …

Iron Ore DCE September Daily Technical Review Jul 10th

Verdict – Short-term neutral, be aware of high level long covering. DCE iron ore closed at 1.5 yuan higher than yesterday. The intra-day volume and open interest were both closed to yesterday level. From hourly chart, CCI start to correct. MACD created dead cross during last night session and widening below 0 axis. Technical signals …