SteelMint’s daily steel billet index is assessed at INR 41,300/tonne (t) (-INR 300) exw-Raipur on 6 Sept’21.
About 3,220 t of transactions in billets were recorded by SteelMint today against 1,250 t on 4 Sept.
The index drifted down as enquiries trended quite lower compared to offers. Hence, amidst sluggish trends, suppliers were forced to carry deals at lower prices.
- 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) – Eight 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 three trades were recorded at INR 41,400/t, and one deal each at INR 41,600/t, INR 41,500/t, INR 41,300/t, INR 41,250/t and INR 41,200/t. The average price of these eight transactions was INR 41,297/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
- Other Price Indicators – bids/offers/indicative (T2) – Nine offers reported in the trading window and considered as T2 inputs. The average price of these nine was INR 41,344/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
The final price for billet exw Raipur was at INR 41,321/t, rounded to INR 41,300/t exw.
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T1: Trade
T2: Offer/Bid/Indicative
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