SOUTHERN EUROPE REBAR: Prices largely stable, Italy ticks higher on improved buying interest

The Southern European domestic steel rebar market was quiet with largely stable prices, although a slight uptick in Italian demand pushed prices up, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday July 28.

Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Southern Europe was ?,?760-815 ($897-962) per tonne on Wednesday, compared with ?,?760-810 per tonne one week previously.
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In the week to July 28, Fastmarkets heard of improved demand, attributed to buyers ensuring they have material to last the summer, in contrast with reports of a slow market in the previous week.

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