EUROPE HRC: Strong sentiment prevails, but buyers wary of booking big volumes

February 05, 2020 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe were fairly stable on Tuesday February 4 but were expected to rise further, sources have told Fastmarkets.

Despite bullish sentiment in the market, buyers have avoided booking big volumes, preferring to make deals only for sufficient volumes to maintain their stocks at balanced levels, according to market sources.
Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, ex-works Northern Europe, was ?,?479.72 ($530.95) per tonne on Tuesday, very little changed compared with ?,?479.66 per tonne a day earlier.

The index was based on deals heard at ?,?480-490 per tonne ex-works. Bids...

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