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Futures In Singapore At Highest Level Since Late April

IRON ORE

SGX Iron Ore futures rose ~3% yesterday printing the contracts highest level since 21 April, we now sit a touch below $108/tonne.

  • Iron rose as China's new-home prices gained for a third straight month providing support for steel consumption after a soft start to the building season.
  • Further optimism was fueled by China's National Development and Reform Commission which pledged to keep boosting loans to the manufacturing sector.
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Fig 1: SGX Iron Ore

Source: MNI/Bloomberg

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