Daily BriefsEnergy & Materials Sector

Daily Brief Energy/Materials: Suzhou Kematek, Iron Ore and more

In today’s briefing:

  • CSI All Share Semiconductor Index Rebalance Preview: Multiple Index Flows for Some Stocks
  • [IO Technicals Weekly 2025/​14]: Price Bearishness to Persist


CSI All Share Semiconductor Index Rebalance Preview: Multiple Index Flows for Some Stocks

By Brian Freitas

  • The review period for the June rebalance of the CSI All Share Semiconductor Index ends 30 April. The changes should be announced on 30 May and implemented on 13 June.
  • We forecast 4/5 adds and 8 deletes for the index with a one-way turnover of 2.4% and a round-trip trade of CNY 990m (US$136m).
  • There are many forecast adds and deletes that will have same side flows from trackers of the CES China Semiconductor Chips Index and the CNI Semiconductor Chips Index.

[IO Technicals Weekly 2025/​14]: Price Bearishness to Persist

By Srinidhi Raghavendra

  • Managed Money switched to net short, Physicals switched to net long while FIs increased net long positions last week.
  • Prices touched a high of $99.25/ton on 17/Apr and a low of $96.55/ton on 14/Apr. It traded in a range of $2.70/ton during the week.
  • Based on seasonality, SGX IO Futures May contract trades 23.8% below its last 5-year average ($128.37/ton).

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