IRON ORE DAILY: Risk-averse attitude drags prices lower

Seaborne iron ore prices dropped on Friday March 6 with traders becoming risk-averse ahead of the weekend, with concerns over the spread of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus and its effect on the global economy overwhelming what market participants described as "not bad to healthy" physical demand for iron ore.

Fastmarkets iron ore indices
62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $90.19 per tonne, down by $2.38 per tonne
62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $91.28 per tonne, down by $2.32 per tonne
58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $79.50 per tonne, down by $1.93 per tonne
65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao: $104.50 per tonne, down by $1.90 per tonne
62% Fe fines, fot Qingdao: 672 yuan per wet metric tonne (62% Fe China Port Price: $88.69 per dry tonne), down by 3 yuan per wmt.
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Futures prices on the Dalian Commodity Exchange and Singapore Exchange retreated during the day, although market participants pointed that physical iron ore prices have fundamental support due...

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