Steel stocks soar as shortages are biting
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Steel shares hit seven-year highs yesterday after Nissan said the metal is in short supply in Japan. US Steel rose $3.30, or 7%, to $51.25, while Nucor surged $2.90 to $54.05, an all-time high.
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Shares of AK Steel and several other steel makers rose sharply Friday, despite a short trading day, on speculation that steel supplies in Japan are short.
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The world's biggest steelmaker stacks up impressively against the competition.
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European shares rose on Thursday with  steel and media stocks in the vanguard after a South Korean  steelmaker's profits more than doubled and Reuters said it  expects a three-year slide in revenue to ease.
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Steel companies are feeling the pressure to be big or consolidate after the merger of the worldÂs largest and second-largest steel producers.
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Bid activity in the steel sector led industrial metals groups higher, but European equity markets remained largely flat on Wednesday as losses for financial stocks weighed.
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WASHINGTON -- Factories saw orders for big-ticket goods jump 5.9 percent in July, the most in 10 months, an encouraging sign that many manufacturers are holding up to the stresses caused by a housing slump and a credit crunch.
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U.S. and global steel markets are poised for medium and long-term growth, two top global steel executives said on Thursday.
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Mittal Steel said Thursday that its profits soared in the fourth quarter, and in 2004, on skyrocketing global demand for building materials.
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The steelmaker faces serious headwinds, but it has the resources to batten down the hatches.
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Asian equities were higher as the dollar clawed above last week&#39;s record low against the euro and firmed against the yen, sending shipping and steel shares higher.
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NEW YORK -- Stocks advanced sharply Monday in the first day of trading for the third quarter, as investors reacted to data showing a rise in June manufacturing activity and a spate of buyout news.
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London's main FTSE 100 index closes above the key 6,000 level, boosted by takeover talk in the steel sector.
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Business & money: Asian demand continues to lift commodity values as Vale contract heralds even more lucrative deals
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CHICAGO - Shares of steel companies tumbled Thursday, after a published report detailed the threat of a global steel oversupply due to China&#39;s new position as a net exporter.
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A barrage of economic releases triggered plenty of action in the currency and bond markets on Tuesday while US stocks received a much-needed fillip from a burst of takeover speculation in the metals and mining sector.
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US-listed shares of foreign companies advanced Thursday, though worldwide steel stocks fell on concerns of a global steel oversupply due to China&#39;s new position as a net exporter.