EUROPE HRC: Domestic prices inch down on limited demand

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe have moved down slightly due to poor trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday May 21.

Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?409.17 ($448.48) per tonne on Thursday, down by ?,?0.83 per tonne from ?,?410 per tonne on Wednesday.
Thursday's index was calculated based on "workable" prices heard at ?,?405-415 per tonne ex-works.

The index was down by...

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