Iron Ore

Elevated coking coal prices; OPEC oil deal looking shaky; iron ore outlook; balance sheet metrics for global miners; nickel’s bullish outlook dented.

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

As always, Wall Street quietened down ahead of tonight’s jobs number. Dow down 12. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Iron ore exports down in August; Deutsche Bank raises forecasts for bulks & base metals; gold outlook & US Fed; oil outlook & OPEC; BlueScope Steel.

The world is coming to terms with global tightening. Banks and oil stocks led Wall Street higher. Dow up 112. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

The wet end to winter looks to be continuing, threatening to spoil bumper crops while contributing in small part to the surging coal price.

Hawkish talk from both the Fed and ECB sent gold plunging through support last night. Dow down 85. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Wall Street stumbled into the fourth quarter under pressure from various issues yet to be resolved. Dow down 53. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

The spectre of Lehman again hangs over Deutsche Bank as hedge funds begin to withdraw their capital. Dow down 195. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)