SteelMint’s daily steel billet index is assessed at INR 45,150/tonne (t) (-300) exw Raipur on 14 Jan’22.
About 1,300 t of transactions in billets were recorded by SteelMint today against 3,880 t on 13 Jan.
The index fell slightly due to limited enquiries amid the festive mood along with a decline in prices in the northern region – Punjab. Spot trades narrowed down as a result of aggressive selling by a few manufacturers.
The major buyers remained cautious amid unclear market trends and held their bids, opting to wait and watch instead, 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 were recorded in the 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm SteelMint trading window and considered for final price calculation as T1 inputs. Out of which two trades were recorded at INR 45,200/t, and one deal each at INR 45,300/t, and INR 45,100/t. The average price of these four transactions was INR 45,192/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
- Other Price Indicators – bids/offers/indicative (T2) – Ten offers reported in the trading window and considered as T2 inputs. The average price of these ten was INR 45,150/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
The final price for billet exw Raipur was at INR 45,171/t, rounded to INR 45,150/t exw.
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T1 – Trade, T2 – Offer/Bid/Indicative, *Normalized price as per methodology
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