Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 16/11/23

Verdict: • Short-run Neutral to Bearish.   Macro: • US PPI up 1.3% in October, lower than estimated 1.9%, last 2.2%. • China NDRC pricing department started co-working with DCE to research on the monitoring irregular movement of iron ore. Iron ore margin in exchange level raised from 13% to 15% in DCE effective after …

Iron Ore DCE January24 Daily Technical Review 15/11/23

Verdict- Neutral. DCE Jan24 contract created listed high and corrected 3 hours after that, gave back most of gains. Hourly CCI dropped from 389.0, a year-high to 0 level. Hourly MACD created dead cross. Iron ore potentially entered consolidation range after the fast up and downs in past few hours. First support 954.5. First resistance …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 15/11/23

Verdict: • Short-run Neutral.   Macro: • US October inflation up 3.2% on the year, created the lowest over the last seven months, lower than estimated 3.3%, last 3.7%. Core CPI 4%, created the lowest since September 2021. Traders were bet the inflation cycle should be over, US equities S&P500 grew 1.91% while debt yield …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 14/11/23

Verdict: • Short-run Neutral.   Macro: • China M2 supply up 10.3% in October, the growth rate was flat to last month, however 1.5% lower than last October. Social finance amount reached 1.85 trillion yuan, up 910.8 billion yuan on the year, or 9.3%. • The economists from Goldman Sachs expected that the US federal …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 13/11/23

Verdict: • Short-run Neutral.   Macro: • ECB banker Christian Lagarde said that the disappear on base effect will naturally control inflation from increasing in mid-run. Thus, the further interest hike potentially become avoidable. • China Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development stated that the new housing strategies in China had taken effect. From …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 10/11/23

Verdict: • Short-run Neutral. Macro: • Last week, the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the United States was 217,000, with an estimated 219,000, compared to 217,000. • According to data released by the China National Bureau of Statistics, in October, the national CPI decreased by 0.2% year-on-year and 0.1% month on month. …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 08/11/23

Verdict: • Short-run Neutral.   Macro: • China Ministry of Commerce announced revisions to a list of bulk commodities requiring to keep statistical records, which include rare earth and iron ore. However market participants expect no direct impact on the process of imports or quota change. • Australia Central Bank hiked interest rates by 25bps …