Dear Khun Natchanok (TBSC) & Khun Yossawath (BTMT),
Good morning.
Enclose herewith information on UP and DOWN factors affecting the NR market on monthly basis as requested:-
Up Factors:
1) US, EU and CN PMI in Oct 2016 are still in expansion phase.
2) ECB started QE of Euro 1.1 trillion starts from Mar’15 to Sep’16 at a rate of Euro 60 billion a month into financial market.
On Dec.03, 2015, ECB took fresh step to extend its purchases of government bond thru March 2017.
3) LMC 3Q’16 report shows deficit for 1Q 2017.
4) Qingdao and SHFE stocks is slightly below lower level.
5) SHFE funds are reducing short position.
6) TOCOM funds are increasing long position.
7) Raining season in South Sumatera has started.
Down Factors:
1) Weakening of Thai Baht and Indonesia Rupiah.
2) Wintering in South Sumatera has ended.
Neutral Factors:
1) Extension of 4th AETS from Sep16 to Dec16 only for Thailand and Indonesia
to make up the shortfall of the export cut volumes during Mar16 to Aug16.
2) Thai government is in discussion (not confirmed yet) to auction 310,000T of varying rubber stockpile.
3) News of sales of 200KT of NR by Thailand government to Sinochem
4) The impact of item 1) to 3) above on NR price remain unclear.
Hope the above sharing is helpful for your activities.