About Steel:
Last
week (January 29-February 2), the domestic steel market prices decreased as a
whole. On February 2, SteelHome's benchmark steel price index was 4479 yuan/ton,
down by 13 yuan/ton week on week. Among them, the price index of long steel was
4080 yuan/ton, down by 13 yuan/ton; The price index of flat steel was 4270 yuan/ton,
up by 18 yuan/ton. For the main steel categories, the price index of rebar was
4015 yuan/ton, down by 10 yuan/ton; The price index of medium and heavy plates
was 4155 yuan/ton, down by 3 yuan/ton; The price index of HRC was 4149 yuan/ton,
down by 26 yuan/ton; The price index of CRC was 4826 yuan/ton, up by 8 yuan/ton.
In
term of stainless steel, the stainless steel price index was 12806 yuan/ton, up
by 2 yuan/ton week on week. In which, the price index of 300 series stainless
steel was 16800 yuan/ton, down by 53 yuan/ton; The price index of 200 series
stainless steel was 9648 yuan/ton, unchanged; The price index of 400 series
stainless steel was 8299 yuan/ton, up by 152 yuan/ton.
About raw materials:
Last week, the domestic prices of metallurgical coke, coking coal and PCI were
mainly stable.
On
February 2th, SteelHome's price index of imported 62% iron ore was $129.37 per
ton, down by $6.85 week on week, and The trading volume of the seaborne market
significantly declined last week; The price of 61.5% PB fine in Qingdao Port
down by 40 yuan to 995 yuan/ton; On February 2th, SteelHome’s price index of
ordinary carbon billet at was 3618 yuan/ton, down by 82 yuan/ton week on week,
and the price of ordinary carbon billet in Tangshan, Hebei Province decreased by
100 yuan to 3550 yuan/ton. SteelHome’s price index of 's HMS was 3056 yuan/ton,
up by 1 yuan/ton week on week.
About Ferrous Futures:
Futures price changes last week: Both rebar and stainless steel decreased by
3.7%, iron ore decreased by 4.9%, coking coal decreased by nearly 4%, coke
decreased by 5.35%, silicon-manganese decreased by 2.73%, and ferro-silicon
decreased by 2.92%.
About Inventory and Transaction:
The total inventory of five major types of steel in China last week was 18.5302
million tons, an increase 6.68% compared to the previous week. Among them, the
market inventory increased by 7.56%, and steel mill inventory increased by
Last
week, the daily average trading volume of rebar was 16,000 tons, a decrease of
62.8% compared to the previous week; The daily average trading volume of medium
and heavy plate was 10,100 tons, a decrease of 42.7% compared to the previous
week; The daily average trading volume of HRC was 10,200 tons, a decrease of 41%
compared to the previous week.
(To contact the reporter on this story: jake.yang@steelhome.cn or 86-21-50585733 13816581143) |