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Iron ore extends rise

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BEIJING- Dalian iron ore climbed for a second straight session on Tuesday, supported by a persistent rise in steel prices in top consumer China, although lingering doubts on demand prospects amid a lack of forceful stimulus capped gains.

The most-traded January iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) traded 0.85 percent higher at 708 yuan ($99.05) a metric ton.

The benchmark September iron ore on the Singapore Exchange was, however, 0.4 percent lower at $94.25 a ton, following a rally on Monday and a stronger US dollar.

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Steel benchmarks on the Shanghai Futures Exchange posed further gains, boosting sentiment and supporting prices of key steelmaking raw materials including iron ore.

Rebar added 1.09 percent , hot-rolled coil advanced 0.82 percent , wire rod gained 0.8 percent and stainless steel edged up 0.15 percent .

But analysts doubted the sustainability of a price rise, citing that fundamentals remained unfavorable and a lack of fiscal stimulus has blurred demand prospects in coming months.

Supply pressure of the key steelmaking ingredient has somewhat eased, but there is still no sign of improvement in the demand side and the July data showed downstream steel demand has not improved, according to analysts at Galaxy Futures.

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