Vale expects Chinese demand for iron ore pellets and pellet feed to rise by 50 million tonnes per year with mills in China increasing the usage of pellets in their blast furnaces.It estimates that pellet consumption could increase its proportion of the total raw material mix in blast furnaces from 11% in 2015 to 19% in 2025, according to a presentation that the Brazilian miner showed to investors...Read More

Sentiment has turned chilly ahead of Thursday's high-level talks after the U.S. expanded its trade blacklist The Dow continued to slide today, ending more than 300 points lower after the U.S. expanded its trade blacklist to include 28 additional Chinese tech companies alongside Huawei, citing human rights violations -- a move that soured investor sentiment ahead of Thursday's high-level U.S.-China...Read More

Brazilian domestic flat steel prices fell in October, when discounts became more widespread and steelmakers were announcing price increases to try to reverse the trend.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, monthly, exw Brazil, was at 2,245-2,425 Reais ($546-590) per tonne on Friday October 4, down from 2,250-2,470 Reais per tonne on September 6.The assessment for&...Read More

FEYE stock is up 3% todayFireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE) stock is trading up 3% at $14.27, as the cybersecurity firm hosts its financial analyst day at its annual Cyber Defense Summit. This pop has sparked heavy activity in FEYE's options pits, with volume running at two times what's typically seen at this point.Most active is the October 14 call, where it looks like bulls may be liquidating the now in-...Read More

How the IWM ETF performs after making a "death cross"The U.S. small-cap focused iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) recently made a "death cross" -- typically defined as its 50-day moving average moving south of its 200-day trendline. The last time this happened, nearly one year ago, spelled bad news for stocks in the short term. Here's what that ominous-sounding technical indicator could mean...Read More

Options activity is picking up during today's sessionOne name on our radar today is pawn shop operator EZCORP Inc (NASDAQ:EZPW), as a bearish analyst note has the stock trading at new lows. Jefferies cut its rating on the shares to "hold" from "buy," and slashed its price target from $13.50 all the way down to $6.50, expressing concerns over the company's new Executive Chairman Phillip Cohen. EZPW...Read More

DPZ options volume is at a 52-week peak todayThe U.S. stock market is spiraling today, as U.S.-China trade anxiety spikes. Among individual stocks making notable moves are cloud platform name Asure Software Inc (NASDAQ:ASUR), pizza maker Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE:DPZ), and video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME). Here's a closer look at what's moving the shares of ASUR, DPZ, and GME.Asure S...Read More

The U.S. is reportedly still trying to limit capital flows to ChinaThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is getting shelled today -- heading toward its second straight loss -- as the prospects of a U.S.-China trade resolution later this week fade. The blue-chip index nursed a more than 300-point drop at its session lows, after the Trump administration blacklisted several Chinese artificial inte...Read More

A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday October 8.Please click...Read More

The GoPro supplier is eyeing its lowest close in a month GoPro supplier Ambarella Inc (NASDAQ:AMBA) is sinking today, as the Trump administration continues to blacklist even more Chinese companies, including some of the country's top AI startups. The semiconductor sector has been hit especially hard by the news, dragging down AMBA, which has lost 11.2% to trade at $50.81 -- on pace for its lowest...Read More

The London Metal Exchange three-month copper price fell by 0.6% at the close of trading on Tuesday October 8 to $5,682 per tonne compared with $5,722 per tonne the previous day despite a doubling of lots traded from this morning, with just shy of 16,500 lots having changed hands by the afternoon kerb. The red metal's LME three-month price has ignored a 4,800 tonne outflow from LME-approved warehou...Read More

CBOE has had an outstanding 2019 so farA look at the chart for Cboe Global Markets Inc (BATS:CBOE) suggests it's a good time to go long on the long-time outperformer. The shares are bouncing strongly from support at the 80-day and 100-day moving averages, which are right near a trendline connecting higher lows since mid-April. The stock right now is holding right near the 20% year-to-date return l...Read More

Yesterday's fall was due to inability to rise and profit taking before the US-China trade talk. Short sellers become active once gold started to fall. Right now the fall in gold is just a correction. If gold and silver fall today and tomorrow, then it will move into a short term bearish phase. I am not buying gold and silver today. Chinese are not buyers. Just remember that correction of $125-$1...Read More

A year ago today,the cannabis sector was booming. Everyone seemed to want a piece of the sectorthat was sure to continue flying in the long run. The only problem - thatwasn’t the case!As soon as Canadalegalized adult use cannabis, it seemed as though all the hopes of strong salesflew out of the window. Aurora Cannabis (ACB) traded at more than $11 per sharein mid-October, 2019. By mid-Decemb...Read More

TheFederal Reserve’s recent need to supply $100’s of billions in new credit forthe overnight repo market underscores the condition of dollar scarcity in the globalfinancial system. This dearth of dollars and its concomitant strength has left mostmarket watchers baffled. Since2008, the Fed has printed $3.8 trillion (with a “T”) of new dollars in aneffort to weaken the curren...Read More

Turkish steel mills continued to stay out of the deep-sea scrap markets on Tuesday October 8 with prices unchanged on a lack of fresh bookings, according to market sources. Market participants told Fastmarkets that mills in Turkey booked a lot of cargoes for November shipment and can now take a break and focus on finished steel markets. But market participants believe...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday October 8 that are worth another look.The world's largest copper producer, Codelco, has offered customers in Asia 2020 copper cathode supply with premium levels unchanged from current levels, three informed sources told Fastmarkets.Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil were unchanged duri...Read More

TGT stock is higher on Toys 'R' Us buzzTarget Corporation (NYSE:TGT) is running hot today, on news the retailer partnered with Tru Kids -- owner of the Toys 'R' Us brand. Specifically, shoppers who visit ToysRUs.com to browse toys will be redirected to Target's website once they click "buy." A new "strong buy" rating at Raymond James is only fueling the tailwinds, with TGT stock up 0.6% to trade a...Read More

SWTX and STSA IPO'd on the same day last monthSpringWorks Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SWTX) and Satsuma Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:STSA) both went public fairly recently, and now analysts are weighing in. Let's take a look at how Wall Street is lining up on the shares of SWTX and STSA. For SWTX, J.P. Morgan Securities, Cowen, and Wedbush all began coverage with the equivalent of a "buy" rating, with...Read More

Short-term BA options are attractively priced at the momentThe shares of Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) are down 1.4% to trade at $371.29 this morning, after a Wall Street Journal report indicated tensions between U.S. and European regulators could delay the 737 MAX return in 2020. More specifically, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) isn't happy with the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency's (FAA) s...Read More