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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.
pricepedia.itLuca SazziniJul 19, 2024After 565 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median -1.4% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -5.9% to +3.0%), and -0.5% over 20.
After 312 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median -1.7% over 5 sessions (38% higher; middle half -5.4% to +2.3%), and -1.7% over 20.
After 43 past macro events, Rough Rice moved a median +0.5% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -2.0% to +2.3%), and +1.6% over 20.
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.
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.
