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Monday Market Monitor - India - WEEK 05 - Rally in longs fizzles out - 06 Feb, 2012
Long product market in India slumps as month end excitement fizzles away. During last week, the drama of rally in long product prices terminated exposing the real levels. Subterfuge evident in the last few days saw light of the day as the mills opted for roll over. Indian mills were still susceptible in risking a hike with economic headwinds yet to abate.

Impact of the excitement fizzling away prices plummeted all over India. However a belated rally in steel prices cannot be over ruled so soon. With economic headlines making waves of late as inflation plummets and economic growth picks up in the penultimate months before culmination of FY 12. Till than market will stay put swinging to speculative calypso

The suspense over February pricing ended in whimper with the mills opting for roll over. Succinctly it is tactful move by the Indian mills averse to taking chances when the demand incubating after harrowing Q3.

Key demand driving parameters from infrastructure and manufacturing sectors yet to blossom prudence was sensible. Undeniably Q4 portends to be break from the mossy Q2 & Q3 with most of the economic indicators showing a healthy trend.

With inflation dipping to and encouraging 7.4% in November and the IIP making a turnaround at 5.6% economic headwinds are ebbing for a change. HSBC Markit PMI at 57 points in January has sent rankles in the already ascendant market. Auto sector has shown encouraging tendency with most the major recording accelerated production and sales.

The Indian Long Product Price Index ILPPI has gone down by 5 points last week whereas Indian Flat Products Index IFPPI has gone up by 52 points. The overall price index INDSPI inclined by 22 points.

Class27-Jan03-FebChange%
ILPPI90669061-5-0.1%
IFPPI88648916520.6%
INDSPI89708992220.2%

ILPPI - Indian Long Product Price Index
IFPPI - Indian Flat Product Price Index
INDSPI - Indian Steel Price Index

Long Products
Category27-Jan03-FebChange%
PI - TMT92509225-25-0.3%
PI - WRC92059224190.2%
PI - Angle85868574-12-0.1%
PI - Channel87188710-8-0.1%
PI - Joist80478039-8-0.1%

PI - Product Index

Flat products
Category27-Jan03-FebChange%
PI - Narrow Plates84998540410.5%
PI - Wide Plates8831883650.1%
PI - Hot Rolled86458726810.9%
PI - Cold Rolled95399551120.1%
PI - Galvanized92959316210.2%

PI - Product Index

These indices have base of 10,000 as on July 1st 2008

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1. Input material

Melting scrap
80:20
HMS
LocationChange
Bangalore0%
Chennai0%
Hyderabad2%
Kandla0%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Ludhiana1%
Mandi0%
Mumbai-4%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

Alang
ProductSizeChange
Plate cuttings1"0.0%
ShipsMixed-1.9%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

Pencil ingot
LocationChange
Ahmedabad0%
Alang0%
Bhiwari2%
Chennai0%
Durgapur0%
Ghaziabad1%
Hyderabad-3%
Jaipur-1%
Jamshedpur0%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Ludhiana0%
Mandi0%
Mumbai-1%
Muzaffarnagar1%
Nagpur0%
Raigarh-1%
Raipur -2%
Rourkela-1%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

Pig Iron
LocationChange
Agra2%
Jallandhar2%
Kolkata3%
Ludhiana2%
Raipur 2%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

Sponge iron
LocationChange
Bellary0%
Kolkata0%
Ludhiana-1%
Raigarh0%
Raipur -1%
Rourkela-1%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

2. Long products

Rebar (TMT QST)
Fe 415
12mm
LocationChange
Ahmedabad-1%
Bangalore0%
Chennai-1%
Delhi 0%
Indore 0%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Ludhiana0%
Mandi0%
Mumbai-1%
Muzaffarnagar0%
Raipur 0%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

WRC
SWR14
5.5/6
LocationChange
Chennai0%
Delhi 1%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Raipur 0%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

ANGL
Grade A
65X65X6
LocationChange
Ahmedabad-1%
Bangalore0%
Chennai0%
Delhi 0%
Indore0%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Ludhiana0%
Mandi-1%
Mumbai-1%
Raipur 0%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

CHNL
Grade A
75/40
LocationChange
Ahmedabad-1%
Bangalore0%
Chennai0%
Delhi 0%
Indore0%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Ludhiana0%
Mandi0%
Mumbai-1%
Raipur 0%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

JSTI
Grade A
250X125
LocationChange
Ahmedabad0%
Bangalore0%
Chennai0%
Delhi 0%
Indore0%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Ludhiana0%
Mandi0%
Mumbai-1%
Raipur 0%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

3. Flat products

HRC
Tube
2.5x1250
LocationChange
Ahmedabad0%
Bangalore0%
Chennai0%
Delhi 3%
Indore0%
Kolkata1%
Ludhiana -2%
Mumbai1%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

Patra
LocationChange
Delhi 0%
Ludhiana 0%
Mandi-1%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

Plates
Grade A
8X1250/1500
LocationChange
Chennai0%
Delhi 4%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Mumbai1%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

Plates
GRADE B
12-20X2500
LocationChange
Ahmedabad0%
Bangalore0%
Chennai0%
Delhi 2%
Indore0%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Mumbai1%
Raipur -2%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

CR
DSK
0.63x1000
LocationChange
Ahmedabad0%
Chennai0%
Delhi 0%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Ludhiana0%
Mumbai1%
Pune0%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

GP
100Gms
0.4
LocationChange
Mumbai0%
Chennai0%
Kolkata1%
Delhi0%
Ludhiana0%
Kanpur0%
Rudrapur0%
Bangalore0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

GC
100Gms
0.4
LocationChange
Bangalore0%
Chennai0%
Delhi 1%
Kanpur 0%
Kolkata0%
Mumbai0%
Ludhiana-1%
Rudrapur0%

Change is on Feb 3rd as compared to 27th Jan 2012

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Products covered
1. Input materials - Iron ore, scrap, sponge iron, pig iron pencil ingot, billets and blooms
2. Long products - Rebar, wire rod, angle, channel and joists
3. Flat products - Narrow plates, wide plates, HR, CR and galvanized
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