SteelMint’s daily sponge iron, CDRI, index is assessed at INR 36,900/tonne (t) (- INR 250) exw Rourkela on 3 May’22.
About 1,170 t of transactions in CDRI were recorded by SteelMint today against 1,200 t on 2 May.
The index moved down on weak enquiries following price correction in billet by INR 1,000/t today. Thus, spot trades continued to remain on the lower side.
Domestic trades remained silent today due to sluggish market activity on Eid holiday, SteelMint notes.
Rationale –
This index has been derived based on transactions, offers, bids and indicative price data sets. Transactions are considered as T1 and given a weightage of 50% whereas other data sets are considered as T2 and given a weightage of the balance 50%.
- Transactions (T1) – Four trades in the range of INR 36,800-37,000/t were recorded during the 11:30 am to 5:30 pm SteelMint trading window and considered for final price calculation as T1 inputs. The average of these transactions was INR 36,855/t which is given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
- Other Price Indicators – bids/offers/indicative (T2) – Twelve offers reported in the trading window and considered as T2 inputs. The average price of these twelve was INR 36,964/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
The final price for sponge CDRI exw Rourkela was at INR 36,909/t, rounded to INR 36,900/t exw.
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T1 – Trade, T2 – Offer/Bid/Indicative, *Normalized price as per methodology
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