22 May 2017
Metals Weekly
Metal Prices
CMP
19-May
% 12-May
change since
%
1-Jan
%
1-Apr
TMT- Mumba i (INR/ton)
HRC- Mumba i (INR/ton)
HRC (USD/ton) fob CIS
30,200
35,111
445
-3 31,200
-1 35,556
2
435
-4 16,200
-2 24,675
2
61
-9
170
0
251
3
4
-2
-1
1
-1
1
1
4
1,880
121
1,545
2,582
166
346
5,520
356
325
-1 30,600
-8 38,222
-10
495
-2 15,950
7 22,550
-21
79
-36
240
-10
278
13
9
-32
0
-4
-20
2
-4
8
1,714
116
2,202
2,563
174
428
5,501
374
312
9 27,600
14 30,667
21
368
17 13,300
25 19,300
14
55
89
82
7
235
27
25
-46
39
-86
-21
15
13
135
1,524
101
2,783
1,842
1,222
435
4,880
319
143
Sponge i ron - Ra i pur (INR/ton)
15,600
Pi g i ron - Ra i pur (INR/ton)
24,100
Iron ore s pot (USD/ton) cfr Chi na
63
Coki ng coa l (USD/ton) fob Aus .
155
Shred. s cra p (USD/ton) Rotterda m
251
LME Spot (USD/ton)
Indi a n pri ces (INR ‘000/ton)
LME i nventori es (‘000 ton)
LME Spot (USD/ton)
Indi a n pri ces (INR ‘000/ton)
LME i nventori es (‘000 ton)
LME Spot (USD/ton)
Indi a n pri ces (INR ‘000/ton)
LME i nventori es (‘000 ton)
Gol d (INR/10gms )
Sl i ver (INR/1kg)
Lea d Spot LME (USD/ton)
Brent crude (USD/bbl )
INR/USD
BDI
1,938
126
1,507
2,569
167
343
5,596
359
337
28,659
38,690
2,088
53.6
64.5
956
2 28,042
1 38,209
-4 2,166
5
50.8
0
-4
64.2
994
3 27,812
-1 38,921
5 1,985
-6
56.8
-5
-1
68.0
961
-1 29,080
6 36,651
21 1,720
39
38.7
-3
112
66.2
450
BSE Metals Index v/s Sensex
Source: Bloomberg
Note: Indexed to 100 on 20 March 2017
Stock performance table on pg 26
Investors are advised to refer through
important disclosures made at the last
page of the Research Report
.
Indian steel:
Long product (TMT Mumbai) prices were down ~3% WoW.
Sponge iron fell ~4% WoW while domestic scrap prices were down ~2%
WoW. Domestic iron ore prices were unchanged. Pellet prices were lower.
Domestic HRC prices were down ~1% WoW.
Raw Materials:
Iron ore prices (China cfr) were down ~1% WoW. Thermal
coal prices were unchanged. Coking coal prices were down by ~9% WoW.
China pellet import prices were up ~5% WoW
Europe:
HRC prices were prices were unchanged. EU steel spreads have
improved on sharp decline in coking coal prices. CIS export HRC prices
were up ~2%. Rotterdam scrap prices were flat WoW.
China:
local HRC prices were up ~4% WoW, reversal in trend over the past
few weeks, while rebar prices rose ~3% WoW. Chinese steel product
spreads improved, with spreads on rebars at multi-year high. Export
HRC/rebar prices were up ~1% WoW.
Base metals:
Aluminum (cash LME) was up ~3% WoW. Alumina prices
were marginally higher. Zinc (cash LME) was down ~1% WoW while lead
was down ~4% WoW. Copper was up ~1% WoW. Crude oil (Brent) prices
were up ~5% WoW.
Chinese steel prices trend higher, domestic prices remain weak
Sanjay Jain
(SanjayJain@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5412 /
Dhruv Muchhal
(Dhruv.Muchhal@MotilalOswal.com)