SteelMint: Raipur billet index falls INR 100/t on low bids - 5 Oct

SteelMint's daily steel billet index is assessed at INR 47,400/tonne (t) (-INR 100) exw-Raipur on 5 Oct'21.

About 5,300 t of transactions in billets were recorded by SteelMint today against 3,075 t on 4 Oct.

The index dropped slightly owing to low bids as buyers remained cautious about booking material at high offers.

• 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) - Seven 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 47,400/t, and one deal each at INR 47,800/t, INR 47,450/t, INR 47,350/t and INR 47,200/t. The average price of these seven transactions was INR 47,389/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
  
  
• Other Price Indicators - bids/offers/indicative (T2) - Seven offers reported in the trading window and considered as T2 inputs. The average price of these seven was INR 47,440/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
  
  

The final price for billet exw Raipur was at INR 47,415/t, rounded to INR 47,400/t exw.

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T1: Trade
T2: Offer/Bid/Indicative