SteelMint billet index drops by INR 350/t on limited trades- 6 Nov'20

SteelMint daily billet index has been assessed at INR 33,200/t (-350), exw Raipur on 6th November, 18:00 IST.

Total of about 1,300 t billet trades recorded today, as against 5,540 t on yesterday (i.e. 5th Nov).

• This index has been derived based on transactions, offers, bids and indicative price data sets. Transactions are considered as T1 and given a weightage of 50% whereas other data sets are considered as T2 and given a weightage of the balance 50%.
  
  
• Transactions (T1)- Five trades were recorded in the 2:30 to 5.30 pm SteelMint trading window and considered for final price calculation as T1 inputs. Out of which, two trades were recorded at INR 33,200/t, two deals at INR 33,100/t & one trade at INR 33,150/t. The average price of these five transactions was INR 33,150/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
  
  
• Other Price Indicators - bids/offers/indicative (T2)- Nine offers reported in the trading window and considered as T2 inputs. The average price of these was INR 33,217/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
  
  

The final price for billet exw Raipur was at INR 33,183/t, rounded to INR 33,200/t exw.

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T1: Trade
T2: Offer/Bid/Indicative