Weekly Commentary on Ferrosilicon Market (8.19-8.23)

  • Friday, August 23, 2019
  • Source:Ferro-Alloys.com

  • Keywords:Weekly Commentary, Ferrosilicon
[Fellow]The ferrosilicon market still ran weakly with soften demand.

[Ferro-Alloys.comThe ferrosilicon market still ran weakly with soften demand and forcing prices down by the downstream purchasers, neither the trading volumes nor the export volumes were excellent. But on the other hand, the supply was sufficient, which led to the price down and the mood was pessimistic. Whether the coming "Golden September and Silver October" will bring some energy or not is in the air.

Steel Mills: Many listed steel mills released their Semi-annual Report but most of them showed a downtrend profit as a result of the high price of iron ore in the first half of 2019. Recently the market showed a uptrend to some extent but the upside potential would be limited. As the price of iron ore decreased, the supplies of steel products may increase, but due to weak season, the demand side was not that optimistic, and in a short term the steel market may run weakly strong.

Magnesium Metal: Kept steady. The purchasers were prudent and the inventory was sort of tight so it would keep running stably.

Silicon Metal: The price started increasing since the beginning of August, and the market got more active and was expected. But the factories were actually passive and the capacity utilization was not high, the supplies were tight. Meanwhile, purchasers were prudent. So it is necessary to watch the downstream consumes closely.

Coal and Coke: The profit of factories was not good and the demand was weak in a weak season.

Ferrosilicon Futures: Vulnerable as a whole. It may continue decreasing in a short run, but the potential of downside was limited. Relative rationality, operations with caution and interval oscillation was expected.

Below are ferrosilicon futures main contract 1909 daily specific performances:

Date

Opening price

Closing price

Range %

Settlement Price

Trading volume

August 1st

5970

5972

↓0.37

5984

73740

August 2nd

5942

5910

↓1.24

5940

83314

August 5th

5916

5900

↓0.67

5874

119632

August 6th

5906

5896

↑0.37

5906

81642

August 7th

5900

5900

↓0.10

5890

46988

August 8th

5908

5834

↓0.95

5876

84508

August 9th

5846

5882

↑0.10

5856

64482

August 12th

5872

5864

↑0.14

5890

65424

August 13th

5874

5842

↓0.81

5832

67384

August 14th

5880

5896

↑1.10

5884

80124

August 15th

5886

5834

↓0.85

5872

64692

August 16th

5850

5970

↑1.67

5922

75304

August 19th

6000

5894

↓0.47

5964

92134

August 20th

5906

5836

↓2.15

5868

61534

August 21st

5830

5848

↓0.34

5818

74620

August 22nd

5854

5912

↑1.62

5880

65568

August 23rd

5902

5948

↑1.16

5934

82696

 
 
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