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Iain Pocock

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Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

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Commodities

<ul><li>US Group III 4cSt base oils price rises in June to highest level in almost nine months.</li><li>US Group III 4cSt price rises relative to Group II base oils, relative to feedstock prices and relative to other regions.</li><li>US Group III price-strength coincides with tighter global Group III supply-demand fundamentals and growing number of signals reflecting those tighter fundamentals.</li></ul>

US Group III 4cSt base oils price rises in June to highest level in almost nine months.US Group III 4cSt price rises relative to Group II base oils, relative to feedstock prices and relative to other regions.US Group III price-strength coincides with tighter global Group III supply-demand fundamentals and growing number of signals reflecting those tighter fundamentals.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 16 June

<ul><li>Asia base oils prices slide relative to crude and gasoil prices, triggering fall in margins.</li><li>Size and speed of drop in base oils premium to crude/gasoil complicates production and procurement plans.</li><li>Any signs of crude oil prices holding at more elevated levels for longer, and base oils margins at lower levels for longer, could put pressure on refiners to cut output.</li></ul>

Asia base oils prices slide relative to crude and gasoil prices, triggering fall in margins.Size and speed of drop in base oils premium to crude/gasoil complicates production and procurement plans.Any signs of crude oil prices holding at more elevated levels for longer, and base oils margins at lower levels for longer, could put pressure on refiners to cut output.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 16 June

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could get support from surge in crude oil prices and concerns about disruptions to supply in Middle East.</li><li>A sustained rise in crude oil prices would squeeze base oils margins.</li><li>Lower margins could curb downward pressure on prices.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from surge in crude oil prices and concerns about disruptions to supply in Middle East.A sustained rise in crude oil prices would squeeze base oils margins.Lower margins could curb downward pressure on prices.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 16 June

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of June 13th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for BYD, Meituan, CCB, Innovent Biologics, Petrochina, Tencent, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Kuaishou, Xpeng.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of June 13th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for BYD, Meituan, CCB, Innovent Biologics, Petrochina, Tencent, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Kuaishou, Xpeng.


HK Connect Flows Weekly (Jun 13th): BYD, Meituan, CCB, Innovent Biologics, Petrochina, Tencent

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 155 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 72.7% as of Jun 13th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -5.0ppt week-on-week, led by consumer staples, energy, health care and offset by consumer discretionary, information technology.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service, Livzon Pharmaceutical, COSCO Shipping Energy.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 155 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 72.7% as of Jun 13th.
The average A-H premium changed by -5.0ppt week-on-week, led by consumer staples, energy, health care and offset by consumer discretionary, information technology.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service, Livzon Pharmaceutical, COSCO Shipping Energy.


A-H Premium Weekly (Jun 13th): Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service

China

PetroChina Company Limited operates as an oil and gas company. The Company offers crude oil and oil products exploration, development, production and marketing. PetroChina also markets petrochemical products and derivative chemicals.

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Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 16 June

US Group III 4cSt base oils price rises in June to highest level in almost nine months. US Group III 4cSt price rises relative to Group II base...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 16 June

Asia base oils prices slide relative to crude and gasoil prices, triggering fall in margins. Size and speed of drop in base oils premium to...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 16 June

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from surge in crude oil prices and concerns about disruptions to supply in Middle East. A sustained rise...

Base Oil News

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Jun 13th): BYD, Meituan, CCB, Innovent Biologics, Petrochina, Tencent

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for last week and highlighted flows for BYD, Meituan, CCB, Innovent Biologics, Petrochina, Tencent,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Jun 13th): Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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