The Indian domestic steel market exhibited opposing tends or long and flat products last week. While flat products caught the global flue, longs bloomed on pressure from input materials.
The Indian Long Product Price Index ILPPI continued in upward trends with 57 points last week whereas Indian Flat Products Index IFPPI has also gone down by 22 points. The overall price index INDSPI inclined by 19 points.
| Class | 28-Oct | 04-Nov | Change | % |
| ILPPI | 8732 | 8789 | 57 | 0.7% |
| IFPPI | 8950 | 8928 | -22 | -0.2% |
| INDSPI | 8836 | 8855 | 19 | 0.2% |
ILPPI - Indian Long Product Price Index
IFPPI - Indian Flat Product Price Index
INDSPI - Indian Steel Price Index
Long Products
| Category | 28-Oct | 04-Nov | Change | % |
| PI - TMT | 8810 | 8852 | 42 | 0.5% |
| PI - WRC | 8974 | 9052 | 78 | 0.9% |
| PI - Angle | 8262 | 8317 | 55 | 0.7% |
| PI - Channel | 8408 | 8462 | 55 | 0.7% |
| PI - Joist | 7705 | 7737 | 32 | 0.4% |
PI - Product Index
Flat products
| Category | 28-Oct | 04-Nov | Change | % |
| PI - Narrow Plates | 8456 | 8427 | -28 | -0.3% |
| PI - Wide Plates | 8784 | 8766 | -18 | -0.2% |
| PI - Hot Rolled | 8737 | 8718 | -20 | -0.2% |
| PI - Cold Rolled | 9716 | 9692 | -23 | -0.2% |
| PI - Galvanized | 9478 | 9447 | -32 | -0.3% |
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
| Location | Change |
| Bangalore | 0% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Hyderabad | 5% |
| Kandla | 0% |
| Kanpur | 1% |
| Kolkata | -1% |
| Ludhiana | 1% |
| Mandi | 1% |
| Mumbai | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
Alang
| Product | Size | Change |
| Plate cuttings | 1" | -1% |
| Ships | Mixed | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
Pencil ingot
| Location | Change |
| Ahmedabad | 0% |
| Alang | 0% |
| Bhiwari | -1% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Durgapur | 0% |
| Ghaziabad | -1% |
| Hyderabad | -5% |
| Jaipur | -1% |
| Jamshedpur | 1% |
| Kanpur | 1% |
| Kolkata | 0% |
| Ludhiana | -2% |
| Mandi | -1% |
| Mumbai | 0% |
| Muzzafarnagar | -1% |
| Nagpur | 0% |
| Raigarh | 0% |
| Raipur | 0% |
| Rourkela | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
Pig Iron
| Location | Change |
| Agra | 0% |
| Jallandhar | 0% |
| Kolkata | 0% |
| Ludhiana | -1% |
| Raipur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
Sponge iron
| Location | Change |
| Bellary | -2% |
| Kolkata | 1% |
| Ludhiana | 0% |
| Raigarh | 0% |
| Raipur | 0% |
| Rourkela | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
2. Long products
Rebar (TMT QST)
Fe 415
12mm
| Location | Change |
| Ahmedabad | 0% |
| Bangalore | 0% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | -2% |
| Indore | -2% |
| Kanpur | 0% |
| Kolkata | 4% |
| Ludhiana | 1% |
| Mandi | 0% |
| Mumbai | 0% |
| Muzzafarnagar | 0% |
| Raipur | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
WRC
SWR14
5.5/6
| Location | Change |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | 1% |
| Kanpur | 0% |
| Kolkata | 3% |
| Raipur | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
ANGL
Grade A
65X65X6
| Location | Change |
| Ahmedabad | 0% |
| Bangalore | 0% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | 1% |
| Indore | 0% |
| Kanpur | 0% |
| Kolkata | 3% |
| Ludhiana | -2% |
| Mandi | 1% |
| Mumbai | 0% |
| Raipur | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
CHNL
Grade A
75/40
| Location | Change |
| Ahmedabad | 0% |
| Bangalore | 0% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | 3% |
| Indore | 0% |
| Kanpur | 1% |
| Kolkata | 3% |
| Ludhiana | 1% |
| Mandi | 0% |
| Mumbai | 0% |
| Raipur | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
JSTI
Grade A
250X125
| Location | Change |
| Ahmedabad | 0% |
| Bangalore | 0% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | 1% |
| Indore | 0% |
| Kanpur | 0% |
| Kolkata | 1% |
| Ludhiana | -1% |
| Mandi | 0% |
| Mumbai | 0% |
| Raipur | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
3. Flat products
HRC
Tube
2.5x1250
| Location | Change |
| Ahmedabad | 0% |
| Bangalore | 0% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | -2% |
| Indore | -2% |
| Kolkata | 1% |
| Ludhiana | -1% |
| Mumbai | -1% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
Patra
| Location | Change |
| Delhi | 1% |
| Ludhiana | -1% |
| Mandi | -1% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
Plates
Grade A
8X1250/1500
| Location | Change |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | -3% |
| Kanpur | 1% |
| Kolkata | 0% |
| Mumbai | -1% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
Plates
GRADE B
12-20X2500
| Location | Change |
| Ahmedabad | 0% |
| Bangalore | 0% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | -2% |
| Indore | -1% |
| Kanpur | 1% |
| Kolkata | 0% |
| Mumbai | -1% |
| Raipur | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
CR
DSK
0.63x1000
| Location | Change |
| Ahmedabad | 0% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | -3% |
| Kanpur | 0% |
| Kolkata | 0% |
| Ludhiana | 0% |
| Mumbai | 0% |
| Pune | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
GP
100Gms
0.4
| Location | Change |
| Mumbai | -1% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Kolkata | 0% |
| Delhi | -1% |
| Ludhiana | -1% |
| Kanpur | 0% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
| Bangalore | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
GC
100Gms
0.4
| Location | Change |
| Bangalore | 0% |
| Chennai | 0% |
| Delhi | -1% |
| Kanpur | 0% |
| Kolkata | 0% |
| Mumbai | -1% |
| Ludhiana | -1% |
| Rudrapur | 0% |
Change is on Nov 4th as compared to 28th Oct 2011
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