Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

contango

English translation:

contango

Added to glossary by Sofia Bengoa
Jun 13, 2016 16:13
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term

contango

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Petroleum Eng/Sci financial report, market indicators
I am translating a monthly report power point about market indicators around petroleum, natural gas and the imports and exports of natural as in Spain and so on.

The heading of slide 3 is "Continúa la reducción del contango en ambos mercados, más pronunciado en Nymex". Contando sounds very strange to me and difficult to find a logical menaing. Previous slide is "Aumentan el precio de los crudos" and the fourh is "Aumentan por segundo mes consecutivo las previsiones para el Brent".

Could you help me here please? thank you!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 contango

Proposed translations

+2
16 mins
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contango

"Contango is a situation where the futures price (or forward price) of a commodity is higher than the spot price."

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Note added at 30 mins (2016-06-13 16:43:54 GMT)
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This is from last month:
The increase in front-month prices contributed to a **reduction in the contango** (when near-term futures prices are less than longer-dated ones) for Brent and WTI."
http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/uncertainty/
Peer comment(s):

agree Taña Dalglish : https://www.mcoscillator.com/learning_center/kb/market_data/... (opposite to "backwardation"). Perhaps a short explanatory note is required while leaving "contango".
57 mins
Thanks. I wouldn't, though - the target audience will probably know what it means.
agree bigedsenior
11 hrs
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