
Non-ferrous metal prices on the LME fell 2% to 7% in the week to July 19, 2024, on concerns about slower Chinese growth and US protectionist policies including tariffs on Chinese metals transiting Mexico. Oil fell about 2.5% on the last trading day after reports of a possible Gaza ceasefire.
Rough rice futures also dropped, driven by contract rollover effects rather than economics.
Lower crude oil prices reduce energy costs and weaken the economics of biofuel feedstocks, which can pressure vegetable oil and corn-based ethanol margins. The rice decline is a technical futures-roll effect, so it does not signal a change in underlying supply.
Tras 565 eventos bajista de macro pasados, Petróleo crudo (WTI) se movió una mediana de -1,4 % en 5 sesiones (41% al alza; mitad central entre -5,9 % y +3,0 %), y -0,5 % en 20.
Tras 312 eventos bajista de macro pasados, Petróleo crudo (Brent) se movió una mediana de -1,7 % en 5 sesiones (38% al alza; mitad central entre -5,4 % y +2,3 %), y -1,7 % en 20.
Tras 43 eventos de macro pasados, Arroz cáscara se movió una mediana de +0,5 % en 5 sesiones (56% al alza; mitad central entre -2,0 % y +2,3 %), y +1,6 % en 20.
Variaciones de la referencia de cada materia prima desde el último cierre antes del evento. Las lecturas históricas agrupan eventos pasados del mismo tipo; describen lo ocurrido, no lo que ocurrirá. No es asesoramiento de inversión.
It explicitly attributes the rough rice futures drop in the week to July 19 largely to contract rollover effects, which likely explains much of the extreme -27% move and z-score as a technical artifact rather than fundamentals.
Attributes the rough rice futures drop partly to contract rollover effects, which could exaggerate the measured -27% move and explain the extreme z-score.