23, the overall domestic market stable, a slight increase in individual markets. Building materials slightly better performance, the rebound has been expanded, but the overall turnover is not good. According to the steel network monitoring data show: average price of 23 National 24 main market thread steel hrb400e 2227 yuan / ton, than the previous trading day rose 10 yuan / ton. 24 major market 4.75 hot rolled coil average price 2549 yuan / ton, compared with the previous trading day down 2 yuan / ton; the national 23 major markets 14-20mm Pu average price of 2420 yuan / ton, compared with the previous trading day down 3 yuan / ton.
From the building materials market, the wire stud market closely follow the steel market, under the impetus of the rise of steel billet, the performance for the better. Tianjin, Shanghai, Beijing, Xi'an and other markets have a slight increase, the Shanghai market high speed wire rod price at 2130 yuan, the Beijing market price at around 2560 yuan, screw thread steel in 213 yuan. The other two or three lines of city building materials prices show more wait-and-see atmosphere, the price is up and down. But overall, the market is cautious, business to inventory based. Construction steel market consolidation trend is expected to continue.
Plate market, coil zhangdiehuxian, Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Handan, Shenyang is generally good, slightly rose 10-20 yuan. Shanghai market, more than 4.5 coil mainstream quotation about 2500 yuan, compared with Monday slightly down, market resources increase, clinch a deal the little improvement. In the stimulation of the futures market, businesses to price, market to smooth the main. Lecong market part of the price of the business has a dynamic meaning, the mainstream price of about 25302540 yuan, a slight improvement in turnover. Less market resources. Tianjin market has slightly pull up, the mainstream quotation about 2450 yuan, this week market resources increased slightly, some of the big business resources increased. Wuhan and Chengdu and other markets offer a slight decline, the range of 20--30 yuan, the Xi'an market is relatively stable, the market price is also in a high region. Taiyuan market price volatility is not, but the transaction is bleak, businesses reflect the market does not move, it is difficult to ship. Plate market steady fall, Shanghai, Lecong and Tianjin regions has a down market, the overall price level is less than the coil, 14--20 Pu board, Shanghai and Lecong offer were below 2500 yuan, Tianjin area offer at around 2200 yuan. Market resources are too low, but the downstream procurement is also very active, merchant shipping pressure, so the steel mills in the order is also relatively small. In addition, the steel mills to increase the added value, the production of medium and heavy plate focus on the production of varieties, the general board output is not enough. Cold board market is relatively calm, the Shanghai market 1 board offer at around 3050 yuan. Market resources are not much, the business in the steel mills orders less, the current domestic cold plate production is very high, the market demand is poor, so the plant inventory is higher. Although the cold plate market to maintain a stable, but the overall pressure.
Steel continue to rise, this two days black futures strong pulled, on the market have a certain boost, pulled the billet market borrowing strength, market price back to 1830 yuan / ton. Steel city, the overall market is still in shock consolidation, market confidence enhanced tendency of increase, businesses to adhere to the price, so the overall market price volatility is not.
Overall, with the end of June, the time will enter the second half of the second half of the year, how to run the market is the most concerned about the hot market. Focus on the second half of the year, early resumption of production prices driven behavior are accumulating new risks for steel prices. Especially in April under the rising profits of steelmaking, steel mills began to increase the supply of crude steel. The South entered the rainy season, the north is also storm constantly, on the one hand affect the steel and the business of import cargo operations, on the other hand, many of the downstream enterprises is also affected by the monsoon often can not be normal production or operation, normal purchasing inhibited.
Data show that as of mid May, the national blast furnace operating rate recovered to 81%, blast furnace capacity recovery to 87%, compared with the beginning of 2016, respectively, increased by 7 percentage points and 8 percentage points. However, as previously mentioned, the recent rapid decline in steelmaking profits makes a substantial decline in the proportion of profitable steel mills, some steel mills have reduced production to control the loss. Industry analysts believe that in the first half of the year is coming to an end. Although the highs of the annual industry boom has passed, but in the early days of credit lag effect and frequent production effect, it is expected that the third quarter demand is not too bad, steel prices will appear off-season not light characteristics. As long as the international environment has not changed much, the current price has been the main factor in the off-season to digest. In particular, the demand for infrastructure, equipment manufacturing and other aspects of good performance. Steel prices as a whole or showing a stage of shock consolidation, a slight fluctuations in the trend, but still face downward pressure on a certain.