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COSCO SHIPPING Development Orders 16 VLCCs

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COSCO SHIPPING Development Orders 16 VLCCs

Shanghai-based COSCO SHIPPING Development said on Wednesday it had ordered 16 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) worth 13.43 billion yuan ($2.01 billion) from Ch

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF-3.3% 17d

    Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks shipping freight. Linked by “shipping” (container shipping) in this story.

  • IYT iShares U.S. Transportation ETF

    iShares U.S. Transportation ETF: it tracks shipping freight. Linked by “shipping” (container shipping) in this story.

  • USO United States Oil Fund-1.1% 30d

    United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “crude” (oil) in this story.

  • FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF-3.4% 30d

    iShares China Large-Cap ETF holds stocks listed in China, which this story is about (“shanghai”).

  • CEW WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

    WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund holds emerging-market currencies, which move on news like this from China.

  • ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services-1.2% 30d

    ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “shipping” (container shipping) in this story.

  • MATX Matson-5.8% 11d

    Matson (water transportation): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “shipping” (container shipping) in this story.

  • KEX Kirby-10.4% 30d

    Kirby (water transportation): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “shipping” (container shipping) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
BWET+35.67%+29.19%base+4.90%after closeafter closeafter close
IYT+1.47%-3.41%base+0.78%after closeafter closeafter close
USO+2.78%+4.95%base+0.08%after closeafter closeafter close
FXI+0.49%+1.53%base-1.47%after closeafter closeafter close
CEW+0.00%+0.00%base—after closeafter closeafter close
ZIM+1.49%-0.50%base+3.19%after closeafter closeafter close
MATX+1.77%+2.30%base+2.48%after closeafter closeafter close
KEX+3.17%-2.51%base+3.12%after closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

COSCO SHIPPING Development Orders 16 VLCCs MarineLink

Source: MarineLink

Shipping

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
BWETthat day+4.90%final price
BWETthree days earlier+29.19%final price
BWETfive days earlier+35.67%final price
CEWthree days earlier0.00%final price
CEWfive days earlier0.00%final price
FXIthat day-1.47%final price
FXIthree days earlier+1.53%final price
FXIfive days earlier+0.49%final price
IYTthat day+0.78%final price
IYTthree days earlier-3.41%final price
IYTfive days earlier+1.47%final price
KEXthat day+3.12%final price
KEXthree days earlier-2.51%final price
KEXfive days earlier+3.17%final price
MATXthat day+2.48%final price
MATXthree days earlier+2.30%final price
MATXfive days earlier+1.77%final price
USOthat day+0.08%final price
USOthree days earlier+4.95%final price
USOfive days earlier+2.78%final price
ZIMthat day+3.19%final price
ZIMthree days earlier-0.50%final price
ZIMfive days earlier+1.49%final price

How solid the shipping case looks

12 out of 100

“COSCO SHIPPING Development Orders 16 VLCCs” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.