Hardware and building materials in April forecast price and market contrast

At present, the steel prices once again stagnated after the recent three consecutive weeks of rising prices. The market screamed and couldn't understand the current ups and downs. According to the analysis, businesses do not have to be surprised and panicked after this slight fall. After all, the current rise is not caused by a normal stimulus. Because there is no substantial improvement in the downstream industry demand, and other aspects, the raw materials are also good, the steel factory's price adjustment policy is also good, although maintaining a stable upward trend, but it is also relatively mild. In a comprehensive comparison, steel prices in the spot market alone came to the fore, rising linearly, and spanning a little over the top and bottom.

According to industry analysts, the vast majority of businesses are the main reason. Hardware and building materials market March steel prices: pull up strong atmosphere, significant market effect Monitoring data show that on the 14th, the average price of key cities Ф6.5mm high line is 4296 yuan / ton, up 5 yuan yesterday; Ф 25mm tertiary rebar average Price 4414 yuan, up 6 yuan; 5.5mm hot rolled coil market price is 4333 yuan, up 13 yuan; 1.0mm cold plate average price is 5217 yuan, down 2 yuan; 20mm medium board average price 4370 yuan, up 8 yuan The average price of 25# I-beam is 4431 yuan, up 12 yuan. As of March 15th, construction steel prices such as the northern thread and plate screw rose by more than RMB 100/ton, and prices in other markets also rose by more than RMB 70. Except for cold rolling, the level of other steels has been rising.

Market participants believe that the current rise in steel prices has basically not been supported by fundamentals. It has been driven by the long-standing hopes of the steel mills and steel traders, and some companies have artificially speculated that the steel market has misunderstood ** Waiting for the market, buying goods at the bottom, creating a market trading atmosphere. Hardware market survey: The price contrasts sharply with the popularity of the market. In the steel market in Changsha and other places, it was found that there were no hot scenes in the experts' mouths, and there were few people in the rainy days, and the number of sparsely loaded vehicles was generally at 100. the following.

A steel trade company, a business staff said: Since February of this year, the actual take-up volume of customers has decreased by nearly half compared with the same period last year, the company's advance business increased, many orders do not see cash can not start. From this point of view, it seems that the real market conditions are not as good as those described by industry experts. The fundamentals are weak and how long can steel prices last in March? In the middle of the same period, the price adjustment of steel mills continued upward trend, the raw materials continued to be strong, and the continuous decline in social stocks, the steel market has already formed a King Kong A, continuing to gain energy upwards, and it has a strong upward trend since the stimulus. It is difficult for the macro-economic and downstream demand to be released. The uncertainty is still stagnant in the steel market. Under this tangled situation, how long will the steel prices rise in March last? Real estate: The macro is still tight, the Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s decision to return home prices to a reasonable attitude; **September 7 departments to maintain the stability of the first housing policy, the Chinese property market regulation is at a critical moment, subject to continuous regulation, Affected by the sluggish real estate sales, the real estate investment and new start-up growth continued the downward trend of the previous year, and the sales area and sales also dropped sharply. Even when it was mid-March, real estate remained depressed. Although there are affordable housing, most businesses in the steel industry believe that they are not optimistic about ensuring the housing market to fill the market.