Table-1
Product | Size (mm) | Nov-15 | Nov-8 | W-o-W | Change from the end of 2016) | ||
Price (Yuan/t) | Index | Price (Yuan/t) | Index | ||||
High-speed wire rod HPB 300 | Φ6.5 | 4,912 | 140.82 | 4,888 | 140.13 | -0.69 | 41.96 |
Rebar (grade-III) HRB 400 | Φ16 | 4,808 | 137.05 | 4,794 | 136.65 | -0.39 | 42.44 |
Steel angle Q235 | 5# | 4,538 | 127.89 | 4,548 | 128.18 | 0.28 | 31.66 |
Plate Q235 | 20 | 4,347 | 121.80 | 4,350 | 121.87 | 0.08 | 20.56 |
HRC Q235 | 3 | 4,513 | 117.59 | 4,516 | 117.67 | 0.08 | 14.82 |
CR sheet SPCC | 1 | 4,962 | 105.40 | 4,965 | 105.47 | 0.07 | 4.14 |
Galvanized steel sheet SGCC | 0.5 | 5,382 | 104.14 | 5,409 | 104.67 | 0.52 | 7.38 |
Seamless steel tube 20# | 219×10 | 5,567 | 111.22 | 5,694 | 113.76 | 2.55 | 27.98 |
Table-2
Product | Dec-15 | Dec-8 | W-o-W | Change from the end of 2016 |
Index | Index | |||
Composite | 126.27 | 126.28 | 0.01 | 26.77 |
Long products | 137.54 | 137.18 | -0.36 | 39.58 |
Flat products | 118.56 | 118.66 | 0.10 | 14.06 |
Note: 1. Long products refer to high-speed wire rod, rebar, high-quality carbon-structure round steel, angle, and H-beam; flat products refer to plate, HR coil/sheet, hot-rolled strip, CR coil/sheet, and galvanized steel sheet.
2. Global composite steel price index stood at 200.6 at the end of November 2017, up 7.3 points month-on-month; long steel index was at 244.5, increasing 10.3 points month-on-month; flat steel index ended at 183.1, moving up 5.8 points
3. China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) launched the index in April 2001, which is compiled on prices for eight steel products in 23 cities. April 1994 is the starting point with a base index of 100.
(Source: CISA, Compiled by www.Mysteel.net, 17% VAT Included)
Written by Thea Feng, fengyx@mysteel.com