SteelMint billet index drops by INR 300/t on limited trades – 16 Mar

SteelMint’s daily billet index has been assessed at INR 38,700/t (-300) exw Raipur on 16th Mar’21, 18:00 IST.

A total of about 1,850 t billet trades were recorded by SteelMint today, as against 4,120 t yesterday (i.e. 15th Mar).

  • 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) – Five trades were recorded in the 2:30 to 5.30 pm SteelMint trading window and considered for final price calculation as T1 inputs. Out of which, three trades were recorded at INR 38,700/t & two deals at INR 38,800/t. The average price of these five transactions was INR 38,700/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
  • Other Price Indicators – bids/offers/indicative (T2) – Thirteen offers reported in the trading window and considered as T2 inputs. The average price of these thirteen was INR 38,709/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.

The final price for billet exw Raipur was at INR 38,705/t, rounded to INR 38,700/t exw.

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T1: Trade
T2: Offer/Bid/Indicative


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