Ruida Futures(SZ:002961) Rui Da Qi Huo·2025-12-30 09:05Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided Core Viewpoints - On Tuesday, the freight index (European line) futures prices fluctuated slightly, with the main contract EC2602 closing down 2.08% and the far - month contracts down between -1% and -1%. The latest SCFIS European line settlement freight rate index rebounded by 153.44 points from last week, a 9.7% increase. On December 26, SCFI continued to rise, with a 6.7% increase to 1656.32 points. The freight rate of the European line of SCFI increased by 10.2% to 1690 US dollars/TEU, driving up the futures prices. The manufacturing PMI in China in November showed a slight recovery, and the new export order index rose to 47.9, indicating a pre - Christmas recovery in terminal transportation demand. Maersk announced an increase in the PSS for European lines from January 6, 2026. The expectation of resuming navigation in the Red Sea has improved, and the euro - zone economy continues to pick up. Overall, the improvement in the trade - war situation and the arrival of the shipping peak season are conducive to the recovery of futures prices, while the short - term impact of the geopolitical situation on freight rates is weakened. The freight rate market is mainly affected by seasonal demand, and investors are advised to be cautious [1] Summary by Relevant Catalogs Futures Market Data - EC main contract closing price: 1795.100, down 38.2; EC secondary main contract closing price: down 4.40. The spread of EC2602 - EC2604 is 634.90, down 18.10; the spread of EC2602 - EC2606 is 425.10, down 23.80. The EC contract basis is - 52.46, up 181.24. The main contract position of EC is 27855 hands, down 2582 [1] Spot Market Data - SCFIS (European line) (weekly): 1742.64, up 153.44; SCFIS (US West line) (weekly): 1301.41, up 339.31. SCFI (composite index) (weekly): 1656.32, up 103.40. Container ship capacity: up 0.21 (in ten thousand TEUs). CCFI (composite index) (weekly): 1146.67, up 21.94; CCFI (European line) (weekly): 1519.06, up 45.16. Baltic Dry Bulk Index (daily): 1877.00, up 12.00; Panama - type freight index (daily): 1267.00, down 1.00. The average charter price of Panama - type ships is up 0.00; the average charter price of Cape - type ships is 22415.00, up 295.00 [1] Industry News - China will implement import provisional tax rates lower than the most - favored - nation tax rates on 935 commodities from January 1, 2026, and the total number of tariff items will increase to 8972. US President Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelensky, and both sides said the talks "made great progress". The minutes of the Bank of Japan's December policy meeting showed that many members believed that the real interest rate in Japan was still at a very low level, implying a continued interest - rate hike [1] Key Events to Watch - China's official manufacturing PMI for December on December 31 at 09:30; the number of initial jobless claims in the US for the week ending December 27 (in ten thousand) on December 31 at 21:30 [1]