On April 28th, the domestic building materials market rose generally. In 25 major cities, the prices of rebars
in 24 cities such as Shanghai, Jinan, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing and Xi’an rose by RMB 10-120/t;
Tangshan’s billet included tax The ex-factory price rose by 20 to 3590 yuan/ton.
Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary-General of the China PPGI,HDGI and HDGL Steel Association
Liu Zhenjiang: This year's steel prices started relatively slowly, steel prices will have some room for growth
but little change, the second quarter is expected to be better than the first quarter.
In May, the steel market will intensify the game in anticipation and reality. Only by further improving
fundamentals and even exceeding expectations can we enhance market confidence and open up further
space for steel prices. However, we need to be vigilant against short-selling funds in the financial market.
The risk of volatility that may accompany lowering.
In the medium and long term, as the nation’s steel prices are forced to become high in recent years,
and the willingness of the downstream to purchase under the pressure of funds has weakened, the volume
of transactions in May is facing a downside risk. At the same time, the enthusiasm of the steel mills in the
second quarter is high, and the output of key steel enterprises in the non-heating season will obviously rise.
Once the production restriction measures in Xuzhou and other places are over, the fundamentals of supply
and demand will be under pressure again, alerting steel prices to rise and fall. Pre-holiday terminal still has
stocking sentiment. Market sentiment is relatively good and stocks are low.
Therefore, all regions show more obvious reluctance to sell goods, and prices have gradually increased. For
the post-holiday period, environmental protection first suppressed output, followed by low inventory support
prices, and finally, from the trading volume in the days before the holiday, demand overdraft was not yet found.
It is expected that domestic steel prices will continue to rise after the holiday.
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