COALspot.com - SGX AsiaClear OTC Coal Swaps for August and Q4 deliveries slipped slightly this week. SGX’s Indonesian sub-bituminous coal swaps for August delivery lost 0.31 percent and CFR South China coal contracts swaps lost 0.28 percent on closing Friday compared to Monday opening.
SGX’s Indonesian sub-bituminous coal swaps for August delivery lost 0.31 percent WoW and CFR South China coal contracts drops only 0.28 percent on W-o-W.
According to DSP of SGX AsiaClear OTC coal swaps, Indonesian sub-bituminous coal swaps for August 2012 delivery closed average at US$ 63.53 / MT on 6 July 2012 (Friday), 8pm SG Time compared to Monday opening of average US$ 63.73 / MT.
Indonesian sub-bituminous coal swap lost 0.31 percent compared to Monday (2/7/2012) opening and Friday (6/7/2012) closing. In the meantime, CFR South China coal contracts closed average at US$ 86.00 on Friday instead of average US$ 86.25 on Monday opening.
A commodity swap is a financial agreement whereby a floating, or spot, price is exchanged for a fixed rate over a specified contract period.
The Q4 deliver of Indonesia sub-bituminous coal was lost average US$ 0.07 / MT to average US$ 65.33 a metric ton on Friday from average US$ 65.40 on Monday opening. CFR South China Coal contract declined US$ 0.65 (-0.73percent) per mt to average US$ 87.35 compared to Monday opening of average US$ 88.00, according to data released by SGX.
Indonesian sub-bituminous coal swap for August delivery drops average -4.6 percent M-o-M and the meantime CFR South China coal contracts for August delivery dropped average -5.49 percent M-o-M.
The Q4 swap contract for Indonesia sub-bituminous coal was also dropped -4.27 percent M-o-M and CFR South China coal contracts dropped -6.07percent M-o-M.
Indonesian medium scale producers are planning to reduce their production if the coal prices continually fall.
Overall this week’s performance is slightly bitter than last week performance in terms of prices. The real physical market (spot) for Indonesian coal was not showing any positive rebound this week. The low bid from buyers make suppliers confused to response.
“The gap between bids and offers were quite wide and hope the market will rebound soon,” said a medium coal producer from East Kalimantan. (cs)
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COALspot.com - SGX AsiaClear OTC Coal Swaps for August and Q4 deliveries slipped slightly this week. SGX’s Indonesian sub-bituminous coal swaps for August delivery lost 0.31 percent and CFR South China coal contracts swaps lost 0.28 percent on closing Friday compared to Monday opening.
