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China’s commodity exchanges move to cool iron ore, steel prices as supply squeeze fuels global rally

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Update time : 2021-05-11 22:22:15

China has called for greater risk controls among 

commodity futures
 traders after overnight measures to cool rapid run-ups that sent contracts on iron ore to steel to record highs amid a global supply squeeze.

The Dalian Commodity Exchange raised the margin requirement and widened the daily trading band for iron ore contracts starting Tuesday, without giving specific numbers, according to a statement posted its website late on Monday.

The Shanghai Futures Exchange also on the same day raised trading costs by reinstating fees for closing positions on contracts linked to steel rebar and hot-rolled coils at 0.01 per cent of transaction value, according to a statement on its website.

The move is sending a clear message that China’s market watchdog is paying close attention to 

gyrations in global commodity prices
 fanned by supply bottlenecks amid a wider reopening in major global economies. Apart from steel materials, copper also surged to a record in the US while a ransomware attack on US pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline spurred a rally in crude.
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