Iron ore retreats

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BEIJING- Prices of iron ore futures fell on Tuesday, weighed down by concerns that demand for the key steelmaking raw material will slid, with steel demand in top consumer China showing signs of softening.

The most-traded January iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) traded 0.91 percent lower at 759 yuan ($106.58) a metric ton, as of 0148 GMT.

The benchmark November iron ore on the Singapore Exchange was 1.08 percent lower at $100.7 a ton, after falling below the key psychological level of $100 a ton earlier in the session.

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Transaction volumes of construction steel products slipped nearly 8 percent from the day before to 122,500 tons on Monday, data from consultancy Mysteel showed.

Steel benchmarks on the Shanghai Futures Exchange posted loss. Rebar shed 0.83 percent, hot-rolled coil lost 1.05 percent, wire rod slid 2.2 percent and stainless steel fell 1.34 percent.

“After macro sentiment temporarily cooled, speculative demand has decreased significantly while the recovery of rigid demand is limited,” analysts at First Futures said in a note.

“Rebar is likely to build up inventories in November when demand will be weighed with weather getting colder (in the northern regions).”

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