The movement of ICDX crude oil contract prices throughout the third week of August was observed to move up by 1.46 percent, with a price range in the range of USD 87-90 per barrel. At the beginning of the week, prices were under pressure, weighed by the escalating tension between China and the US, which was triggered by the visit of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan (14/8), and led to fears of a resumption of the tariff war between the two world economic giants.

Price movements in CPOTR experienced an increasing trend of 4.97% to the level of RP 14360 /Kg at the close of last trade. The price increase was supported by positive sentiment from the Government of Indonesia's policy (8/8) which increased the export duty on CPO from $52 per ton to $74 per tonne which was effective from August 16 to 31, which has the potential to hold back Indonesia's CPO exports to the global market.

Seiring dengan terus berlanjutnya serangan Rusia terhadap Ukraina, Presiden Volodymyr Zelenskyy telah memohon bantuan dari komunitas internasional dalam upaya menghentikan invasi lebih lanjut Rusia. Alhasil, beberapa Negara seperti AS, UE, Kanada, Inggris, Jepang, Taiwan, Selandia Baru dan Australia telah meluncurkan serangkaian sanksi yang menargetkan berbagai sektor penting Rusia, termasuk dari sektor minyak dan gas yang menyumbang sekitar 60% terhadap pemasukan ekonomi Rusia.

ICDX’s gold price ticked 0.52% higher than previous week as the release of US manufacturing activity showed slowed economic conditions and US House Of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan.

The price of ICDX tin at the end of July moved up from last week to the level of $25,100.00 per tonne, the improved performance of Tin was due to tight supply affected by production that has not yet recovered due to the condition of China as the world's largest Tin producer and consumer, which is still dynamic with COVID- 19.

The movement of the price of the ICDX Crude Oil contract fell almost 7 percent, weighed down by negative sentiment that suppressed the demand side, namely the increasing spread of Covid in China has the potential to cause a decline in oil demand from the world's first largest oil importing countries.

Price movements in CPOTR experienced a downward trend of 5.72% to the level of IDR 13,350 /Kg at the close of last trade, one of the triggers was the increase in Indonesian CPO stocks in June 2022, in this case the government carried out extra efforts to immediately cut domestic supplies and support the price of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) which had fallen due to Indonesia's CPO export ban at the end of last May. In the news circulating, the official from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Dadan Kusdiana said that Indonesia will increase the content of palm oil-based fuel in its biodiesel to 35% known as B35 which will start on July 20. This is expected to absorb the swelling domestic supply of CPO and help increase the selling price of FFB so that farmers do not lose out.

ICDX gold prices moved 3.6% lower compared to the previous week with prices moving lower after a 75 basis point increase in interest rates in July by the Fed weakened the appeal of the safe-haven metal.