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CFR South China Coal swaps gain w-o-w; slightly down m-o-m

API 8 CFR South China Coal swap for 4Q’ 2015 delivery down just US cents 3 (0.06 %) per ton month over month.

A commodity swap is a financial agreement whereby a floating price is exchanged for a fixed rate over a certain period of time.

According to DSP of SGX AsiaClear thermal coal derivatives, as reported on Friday 9 October 2015, performance of CFR South China Coal swap Q4’15, Q1 & Q2 2016 deliveries were slightly declined month over month.

CFR South China Coal swap
CFR South China Coal swap average for 1Q’16 delivery declined US$ 0.60 per ton month over month on 9 October 2015 closed at US$ 48.60 a ton. The swap average for Q2’ 2016 delivery also decreased month over month, according to SGX AsiaClear OTC coal swap's reports released week ended 9 October 2015.

Q2’ 2016 delivery swap closed at US$ 48.60 a ton on 9 October 2015. This past week’s Q2’ 16 delivery swaps lost US$ 0.60 per ton compared to the closing price of $ 49.20 per ton for the same period last month.

Q4’2015, Q1and Q2’2016 coal swaps declined month on month and increased week over week.

Q4' 2015 vs Q2’ 2016
API 8 CFR South China coal swap average for Q4’15 delivery closed at US$ 49.05 per ton on 9 October 2015 a US cents 0.45 higher than Q2 2016 closing price of US$ 48.60 per ton.

Q1 vs Q2’ 2016
API 8 CFR South China Coal swap average for Q1’16 delivery closed at US$ 48.60 the same price of Q2’16 delivery price of US$ 48.60 per ton on 9 October 2015.

According to this past week's swaps trend, average for deliveries Q4’15, Q1 & Q2 2016 were declined month over month and increased week over week. 2016 coal swaps closed slightly lower than Q4 2015 closing price of US$ 49.05 per ton.

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