Economy
SMU Comparison Price Indices
Written by John Packard
March 25, 2013
We had a mixed bag this past week as the CRU indices went higher while SMU and Platts moved lower. Stuck in the middle was Steel Orbis which didn’t do anything and SteelBenchmarker which did not report new numbers last week. The benchmark hot rolled index is in a fairly tight range from $610 (SMU/Steel Orbis) to $620 (SteelBenchmarker/Platts) with CRU stuck in the middle at $616.
John Packard
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