SNAPSHOT OF COMMERCIAL INDICATORS Week 17 / 2018 (23-27 APRIL) "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." Ralph Waldo Emerson, American - Poet (1803-1882) Introductory Note: We consider the herein indicators valuable in decision making since shipping is a derived demand industry with many financial interactions. Turbulent global macro/micro-climate involving stock markets, currency exchanges and opportunity cost for alternative investments affect the shipping market. In the previous years, as brokers we always faced the fact that the information that we wanted to combine with our gut feeling was never available at our finger tips. This is our small contribution to yours and ours business. The historical data provided herein are displayed for information purposes only. Any use thereof is therefore at the user's own risk. Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation of this report, no liability can be accepted for any loss incurred in any way whatsoever by any person relying on the information contained herein.
Notes at the last page COMMODITY FUTURES Commodity Exchange Currency& Unit Actual last % weekly % 4-weekly Crude Oil 1 (Jun 18) NYMEX - (USD/Barrel) 68,02-0,53% 4,74% Brent 2 (Jun 18) ICE EU - (USD/Barrel) 74,42 0,49% 6,96% Gas Oil 3 (May 18) ICE EU - (USD/MT) 654,00 1,99% 5,53% RBOB Gasoline 4 (Jun 18) NYMEX - (USD/US Gallon) 2,13 1,48% 5,40% Natural Gas 5 (Jun 18) NYMEX - (USD/1 mio BTU) 2,77 1,17% 1,39% Wheat 6 (May 18) CBOT - (USD Cents/Bushel) 495,00 6,80% 7,03% Corn 7 (May 18) CBOT - (USD/ Bushel) 389,50 3,45% 2,50% Rice (rough) 8 (Jul 18) CBOT - (USD/Hundredweight) 12,81-1,39% 3,68% Soybeans 9 (May 18) CBOT - (USD Cents/Bushel) 1045,50 1,55% 2,53% Soybean Meal 10 (Jul 18) CBOT - (USD/Short ton) 393,20 5,11% 2,40% Sugar #11 11 (May 18) ICE US - (USD/Pound) 11,22-3,61% -10,88% Gold 12 (Jun 18) COMEX - (USD/Troy ounce) 1324,40-1,04% 0,12% Silver 13 (May 18) COMEX - (USD/Troy ounce) 16,47-3,95% -0,54% Copper 14 (3 Months) LME - (USD/MT) 6797,00-2,79% 1,24% Aluminium 15 (3 Months) LME -(USD/MT) 2223,00-9,96% 10,90% USD LIBOR 12 months Actual last % weekly % 4-weekly 2,7803 0,72% 4,42% EXCHANGE RATE Actual last % weekly % 4-weekly EUR / USD 1,2070-1,94% -2,04% USD / INR 66,7801 1,16% 2,67% USD / TRY 4,0535 0,50% 2,65%
STOCK MARKETS Actual last % weekly % 4-weekly 10-YEAR BOND YIELD Actual last % weekly % 4-weekly USA S&P 500 2669,91-0,86% 1,10% USA 2,96-0,60% 7,95% USA NASDAQ-100 6656,35-0,17% 1,14% Brazil 9,61-0,10% 0,84% Brazil IBOVESPA 86445,00 1,04% 1,26% Russia 7,26-0,27% 2,98% Russia RTSI INDEX 1167,12 1,86% -6,59% India 7,77 6,69% 4,99% India S&P BSE SENSEX 34969,70 1,24% 5,76% China 3,65 3,19% -2,53% China CSI 300 INDEX 3756,88-0,11% -3,63% S.Africa 8,22 2,24% 3,72% S.Africa FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index 57453,04-0,22% 3,57% Greece 3,84-4,73% -10,85% Greece ATHENS INDEX COMPOS 849,26 0,54% 8,81% BALTIC EXCHANGE Actual last % weekly % 4-weekly Actual last % weekly % 4-weekly BDI 1361 6,25% 26,02% BCI 2251 17,55% 111,36% BCI T/C Average 17713 12,35% 96,94% BPI 1275-1,09% -16,12% BPI T/C Average 10250-0,94% -16,08% BSI 1042 1,66% -4,67% BSI T/C Average 11507 1,48% -5,66% BHSI 605-2,58% -6,92% BHSI T/C Average 8851-2,96% -7,25% BUNKERS Grades Port IFO380 IFO180 MGO Fujairah 417,0 455,0 688,0 Houston 392,0 452,0 660,0 Rotterdam 389,0 419,5 630,5 Singapore 424,0 457,5 664,0
Notes : 1. Crude Oil - U.S. Dollars and Cents per barrel (contract of 1,000 barrels, 1 barrel = 42 us gallons =158.98litres = 0.13642565 metric tons) 2. Brent - U.S. Dollars and Cents per barrel (contract of 1,000 barrels, 1 barrel = 42 us gallons = 158.98litres= 0.13642565 metric tons) 3. Gas Oil - U.S. Dollars and Cents per Metric Tonne (contract of 100 Metric Tonnes)(10ppm diesel, at a density of 0.845 kg/litre in vacuum at 15 Celsius) 4. RBOB Gasoline - U.S. Dollars and Cents per us gallon (contract of 42,000 us gallons = 136.42 metric tonnes) 5. Natural Gas - U.S. Dollars and Cents per 1 million BTU (contract of 10,000 million British Thermal Unit) 6. Wheat - Cents per bushel (contract of 5,000 bushels ~ 136 Metric Tons) 7. Corn - Cents per bushel (contract of 5,000 bushels ~ 127 Metric Tons) 8. Rice rough - U.S. Dollars and Cents hundredweight (contract of 2,000 hundredweights ~ 91 Metric Tons) 9. Soybeans - Cents per bushel (contract of 5,000bushels ~ 136 Metric Tonnes) 10. Soybean Meal - U.S. Dollars and Cents per short ton (contract of 100 short tons ~ 91 Metric Tonnes) 11. Sugar #11- U.S. Dollars and Cents per pound (contract of 112,000 pounds = 50.8023 Metric Tonnes) 12. Gold - U.S. Dollars and Cents per troy ounce (contract of 100 troy ounces, 1 troy ounce = 31,1034 grams ) 13. Silver - U.S. Dollars and Cents per troy ounce (contract of 5.000 troy ounces, 1 troy ounce = 31,1034 grams ) 14. Copper - U.S. Dollars and Cents per metric tonne, 3 months Buyer s price (contract of 25 metric tonnes) 15. Aluminium - U.S. Dollars and Cents per metric tonne, 3 months Buyer s price (contract of 25 metric tonnes)
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