SteelMint’s daily sponge iron, CDRI, index was assessed at INR 31,000/tonne (t) (- INR 100) exw-Rourkela on 2 December, 2022.
About 2,300 t of transactions were recorded today as against 1,800 t on 1 December.
While the index dropped, trade volumes improved marginally but remained below average, and offers softened as a result.
Market participants lacked trust in the direction of price changes. As a result, spot trading remained rather constrained. Even though price volatility persists, buyers are still buying material as per immediate requirements.
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) – Seven trades in the range of INR 30,800-31,300/t was 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 31,009/t which is given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
- Other Price Indicators – bids/offers/indicative (T2) – Eleven offers reported in the trading window and considered as T2 inputs. The average price of these eleven was INR 30,971/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
The final price for sponge CDRI exw Rourkela was at INR 30,990/t, rounded to INR 31,000/t exw.
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T1 – Trade, T2 – Offer/Bid/Indicative, *Normalized price as per methodology
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