WMP down, SMP up on Pulse

WMP down, SMP up on Pulse

WMP eased slightly at  this week’s Pulse auction to average US$3,263/t. Regular grade WMP was down US$20/t at the Pulse auction compared to last week’s GDT event to settle at US$3,250/t, US$40/t higher than the prior Pulse auction.  The nearest SGX-NZX WMP futures...
WMP down, SMP up on Pulse

GDT books 2.3% price increase

GDT event #348 resulted in price increases across the commodity board with the exception of new kid on the block mozzarella. WMP prices rose 1.9% to average US$3,353/t, with good involvement from Middle Eastern buyers. SMP prices rose 1% to US$2,638/t following price...
WMP down, SMP up on Pulse

WMP lifts on Pulse

Regular grade WMP prices rose to US$3,100/t at GDT Pulse event #39 up 2.0% from the C2 WMP price achieved at GDT #345 and 4.4% higher than Pulse event #38. The December SGX-NZX futures contract settled lower at US$3,045/t. Meanwhile, medium heat SMP prices settled at...
WMP down, SMP up on Pulse

GDT delivers 2% rise

Event #345 delivered an overall positive result with a 2% rise in the index. At 29,559t it was the lowest offering since July, despite a new product – mozzarella from Solarec. WMP prices rose 2.5% on average to US$3,104/t with greater interest from SE Asian...
WMP down, SMP up on Pulse

Pulse: WMP prices

Average WMP prices lifted slightly at Pulse event #38 to US$2,979/t, edging up 0.1% from GDT #344 and 0.8% higher than Pulse event #37. Meanwhile, medium heat SMP prices fell to US$2,515/t, down 1.2% from GDT event #344 and US$70/t lower than the previous Pulse event....
WMP down, SMP up on Pulse

GDT flat but mostly bad news

GDT event #344 yielded a flat index but the weight of the small gains in WMP drove that outcome to offset weaker NZ SMP prices and an ugly result in cheddar. SMP dropped 3.7% on average to US$2,622/t but the detail within that result wasn’t great for Oceania product,...