BSE Metal Index now down 35% from 2022 highs
Global growth is projected to slowdown from an estimated 6.1% in 2021 to 3.6% in 2022. Given this, Tata Steel, Hindalco Industries, and Vedanta have shed up to 35 per cent in the past one month
CLOSING BELL: Select IT, metals, and pharma stocks helped the headline indices recover from the day's low
Host of sectors pushing up need for metals; capital outlay significant by firms, say experts
The sell-off has been triggered by the central government's decision to impose export duty on steel in a bid to thaw domestic prices
In the past one month, Nifty Next 50 index was down 14%, as compared to 7% decline in the Nifty 50 index.
Metal stocks faced heavy drubbing on Monday, with Jindal Steel & Power cracking over 17 per cent, after the government imposed export duties on steel-making raw materials. Shares of Jindal Steel tumbled 17.40 per cent, JSW Steel tanked 13.20 per cent and Tata Steel plunged 12.53 per cent on the BSE. Also, NMDC declined 12.44 per cent, SAIL (10.96 per cent), Hindalco Industries (3.65 per cent), APL Apollo Tubes (3.42 per cent) and Vedanta (2.77 per cent). The metal index also tanked 8.33 per cent to end at 17,655.22. Tata Steel was the biggest drag in the Sensex pack. "Volatility was hallmark of today's trade. Volatility struck benchmark Nifty as it was aiming to build on to morning gains. Blame it to Nifty metal index which dropped over 8 per cent after government hiked duty on steel products," said Prashanth Tapse, Vice President (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd. The government has waived customs duty on the import of some raw materials, including coking coal and ferronickel, used
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The government levied export duty on 11 iron and steel intermediates and key steel products.
At 10:36 am; Nifty Metal index was the top gainer among sectoral indices, up 4.4 per cent, as compared to 1.3 per cent rise in the Nifty50 index.
The metal index on the NSE has tumbled 14 per cent so far from its historic peak and continues to drift lower
Analysts are now taking note of a few developments that could lead to demand reduction; Nifty Metals Index, with 2.85% fall on Monday was the top loser among sectoral indices
The Nifty Metal index can gain another 3 per cent as long as the index maintains above 6,300-level on a closing basis.
Commodities markets from metals to oil and gas have been upended by the war in Ukraine as big corporates withdraw from Russia
Analysts expect the divergence to continue as Russia remains one of the world's top producers and exporters of energy and industrial metals.
While Nifty Metal index is just 140 points short of a new historic peak, Vedanta shares gracefully achieved it today
Russia is a major producer of industrial metals such as aluminium and nickel
Russia produces about 6 per cent of the world's aluminium and accounts for about 7 per cent of global nickel mine supplies
This government has allocated Rs 7.5 trillion towards capital expenditure, up 35.4 per cent higher compared to the previous year's figure of Rs 5.5 trillion.
Analysts underweight despite metals index's better dividend yield, lower P/E versus Sensex