EUROPE HRC: Buyers believe domestic prices close to 'bottom'

June 10, 2020 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe were largely stable day on day on Tuesday June 9 even as demand remained slow, sources told Fastmarkets.

Market participants believe that domestic prices are close to a bottom and that European mills could announce a rise in offer prices after the European authorities make a final decision in the safeguard review case at the end of this month.
Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe was ?,?398.93 ($450.56) per tonne on Tuesday June 9, up by ?,?0.18 per tonne day on day from ?,?398.75 per tonne on Monday.

Tuesday's index was calculated based on deals, offers and achievable prices heard at ?,?400 per tonne ex-works and bids reported at ?,?390-395 per tonne...

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