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US refiners fell sharply after reports that the Trump administration wants to slow the 2020 implementation of IMO rules cutting sulfur in ship fuel by more than 80%. The industry has invested billions preparing for the rules, which would raise shipping costs for goods including soybeans.
Delaying IMO 2020 would reduce expected demand for low-sulfur diesel and lower ocean freight cost pressure, which weighs on refining margins and could ease shipping costs for grain exports.
ttnews.comStephen CunninghamOct 19, 2018After 21 past bearish policy events, ULSD / Diesel moved a median -2.4% over 5 sessions (38% higher; middle half -6.5% to +4.7%), and -1.1% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
