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Futures Register 5th Day Of Gains

IRON ORE

SGX Iron Ore futures rose ~1.3% yesterday registering their 5th consecutive day of gains, printing the highest level since late April.

  • Futures prices have risen ~12% since closing at their lowest level of the year on May 24, but we do however remain down ~5% year to date.
  • Further indications, link here, that Chinese authorities are seeking to boost the economic activity has signaled further demand for Iron Ore.
  • The impact of last week's Bloomberg source reports that the government is preparing a new batch of measures to aid the property market continues to linger.

Fig 1: SGX Iron Ore vs CSI300 Real Estate Index

Source: MNI/Bloomberg

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