India: Sponge iron prices rise on active buying - 20 Feb

India's sponge iron market witnessed a rise in prices today ranging from INR 50-350/t in almost all major locations. This can be attributed to active spot trading coupled with buying interest.

PDRI market prices closed at a range of INR 24,900-27,400/t and CDRI prices, at INR 26,200-31,200/t.

Bulk bookings were seen especially in the southern region today, which led to a rise in daily spot trade volumes.

About 22,300 tonnes (t) of sponge iron transactions were recorded in the country on Tuesday compared to 13,200 t on 19 February.

According to sources, the price rise is also due to the decent performance of semi-finished and finished steel prices. Billet prices increased by INR 100-500/t in key markets today.

Rationale -

Prices have 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%.

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T1 - Trade, T2 - Offer/Bid/Indicative