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Pakistan Steel_Steel recovers amid Chinese re-emergence ,(AKD Daily, Dec 12, 2022)

Steel recovers amid Chinese re-emergence
International scrap prices have shown major weakness since peaking in mid-April’22, declining by 39% since then, to currently hover around ~US$385/ton compared to FYTD/ 
CYTD avg. of US$373/447/ton
 CRC-HRC spreads have long contracted from their super-cycle highs of US$145/ton, down 
58% from the said peaks, now currently trading at US$61/ton
 More specifically, Vietnamese hot rolled coil index saw price gains, with the last traded 
price standing at US$565/ton vs. of US$525/ton (up 8% vs. Nov’22 average)
 Currently, average ex-mill CRC price (excluding sales tax) stands at PkR210k/ton, with galvanized prices maintaining their deltas of ~5%, standing at PkR225-235k/ton, respectively.
 Overall, with the steel sector in a spot of bother, MUGHAL seems to be the best of the lot, 
with our Dec’23 TP of PkR75/sh, an upside of 36% from the previous close

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