SMU HR Price MoMo Index Downward Trend Reaches 29th Week

The change in MoMo can be a useful indicator in depicting the severity of price movements and evaluating the directional trend for flat rolled steel pricing. The week-over-week change in MoMo was -0.98 percent, following a +0.70 percent change the week before. This indicates that the movement in hot rolled prices is accelerating in comparison to the previous week.

Looking at this change on a 3-week moving average, we see the trend for HRC prices is has been bobbing around 0 percent for the last few weeks. The 3-week average change in MoMo is -0.45 percent, following a change of +0.66 the week before and -0.75 percent two weeks ago. This indicates that hot rolled prices have been moving at a relatively consistent pace over the last few weeks.

The interactive graph below demonstrates the relationship between the SMU hot rolled coil price, the SMU Price MoMo Index, and the three week moving average change in the MoMo Index. Published in our Tuesday evening issue, the SMU HRC price range for this week is $460-$500 per ton with an average price of $480, down $15 from last week.

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