银河期货尿素日报-20250623

Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - No information provided Group 2: Core View of the Report - The urea market is expected to be weak in the short - term, with both futures and spot prices likely to decline [5] Group 3: Summary by Directory Market Review - Urea futures decreased with increased positions, closing at 1711 (-35/-2%) [3] - Spot market: The decline in factory - gate prices widened, and trading was sluggish. Factory - gate prices in different regions were as follows: Henan 1730 - 1750 yuan/ton, Shandong small - sized 1700 - 1810 yuan/ton, Hebei small - sized 1760 - 1770 yuan/ton, Shanxi medium and small - sized 1640 - 1700 yuan/ton, Anhui small - sized 1760 - 1770 yuan/ton, and Inner Mongolia 1640 - 1700 yuan/ton [3] Important Information - On June 23, the daily urea production was 19.98 tons, an increase of 0.47 tons from the previous workday and 2.86 tons from the same period last year. The operating rate was 86.31%, a 7.24% increase from 79.07% in the same period last year [4] Logical Analysis - Market sentiment was still weak, with factory - gate prices in major regions falling more sharply and trading being sluggish. In Shandong, the mainstream factory - gate price led the decline, and it is expected to continue to fall. In Henan, the market sentiment was also weak, and the price is expected to decline. In the delivery area, the price is likely to keep falling [5] - Although some plants were under maintenance and the daily output dropped below 200,000 tons, it was still at the highest level in the same period. The international market price rose due to the Middle - East conflict, and the large price difference between domestic and international markets had a certain positive impact on the domestic market [5] - The production enthusiasm of compound fertilizer plants in central and northern China was low, and the overall demand was declining. The inventory of urea production enterprises was still relatively high, but it decreased slightly to around 1.04 million tons this week [5] - After the Indian tender results were announced, the export orders increased, which boosted the market. However, as the price in the central mainstream delivery area rose, the downstream started to wait and see, and the spot price has been falling since the weekend, with weak order receipts [5] Trading Strategy - Unilateral: Bearish [6] - Arbitrage: Wait and see [6] - Options: Sell call options on rebounds [6]