Iron ore prices sank below $90/t for the first time since 2022 yesterday as China gloom continues to deepen. Iron ore is one of the worst-performing commodities so far this year, with prices now down about 33% year-to-date. We believe price risks are increasingly skewed to the downside for the industrial metal as the outlook in China, the biggest buyer, continues to deteriorate. Iron ore port holdings in China continue to rise, now back above 150 million tonnes and standing at their highest ever for the time of year, a sign of abundant seaborne supplies.
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SAIL, NMDC are down up to 9% in 1 month; is it time to buy steel stocks?
Steel stocks have been reeling under severe pricing pressures, led by cheaper imports. Over the past one month, stock prices of steel companies have declined up to 9 per cent on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Investors, however, may use the correction to enter the pack as pricing pressure may be bottoming out, believe analysts.