The longer dated CoFIF contracts rallied last week with traders building long
positions after several carriers pushed for another Asia-Europe FAK rate hike in
mid-April. Despite continued liquidation, prices for EC2404 contracts that will
expire in 2 weeks were unchanged at 2,120 and remains slightly lower than the
SCFIS rate at 2,174 last week (before settling slightly lower at 2,172 based on
the latest assessment on 8 April).
The latest CoFIF rates implies April-August rates that are equivale