【冠通期货研究报告】螺纹日报：震荡整理-20251224

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core View of the Report The current market has low supply, rising demand, strong raw materials, and inventory de - stocking, which provides support. The market has digested the off - season demand and steel export license news. It is expected to trade on the winter storage expectation in the future. In the short term, it is expected to continue to operate in a volatile and slightly upward trend. Attention should be paid to whether production capacity can continue to shrink and the start time of winter storage demand [7]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs Market行情回顾 - Futures price: The open interest of the main rebar contract increased by 17,388 lots on Tuesday. The trading volume slightly decreased compared with the previous trading day. It fluctuated within the day, with the lowest at 3,111 yuan/ton, the highest at 3,144 yuan/ton, and closed at 3,136 yuan/ton, up 2 yuan/ton or 0.06%. The trading volume was 837,866 lots [1]. - Spot price: The spot price of HRB400E 20mm rebar in the mainstream area was 3,320 yuan/ton, remaining stable compared with the previous trading day [1]. - Basis: The futures price was at a discount of 184 yuan/ton compared with the spot price, which provided some support for the futures price [1]. Fundamental Data Supply - demand situation - Supply side: As of the week of December 18, rebar production increased by 29,000 tons week - on - week to 1.8168 million tons, and decreased by 370,500 tons year - on - year. The production was at a near - 4 - year low. The blast furnace operating rate of 247 steel mills was 78.47%, down 0.16 percentage points week - on - week and 1.16% year - on - year. The steel mill profitability rate was 35.93%, unchanged from last week. The daily average pig iron output decreased by 26,500 tons to 2.2655 million tons, down 28,600 tons year - on - year [2]. - Demand side: Terminal demand was weak, with the average daily trading volume of building materials nationwide maintaining at 90,000 - 100,000 tons, at a near - 5 - year low. As of the week of December 18, the apparent consumption increased by 55,500 tons week - on - week to 2.0864 million tons, and decreased by 300,400 tons year - on - year, at a near - 4 - year low. There were regional differences in demand. Construction in the north stagnated due to cold weather, while in the south, existing projects rushed to complete, and demand had good resilience. The increase in apparent demand was higher than that in production. There was a possibility of winter storage driving demand later [2]. - Inventory side: Inventory continued to decline, and the decline rate increased. As of the week of December 18, the total inventory decreased by 269,600 tons week - on - week to 4.5254 million tons, with an 8 - week consecutive decline, but still 495,200 tons higher year - on - year. Social inventory was 3.13 million tons, down 257,000 tons week - on - week, and the de - stocking accelerated. Steel mill inventory was 1.3954 million tons, slightly down 12,600 tons. The de - stocking of social inventory showed the current demand resilience. The overall inventory pressure was still controllable [3][4]. Macroeconomic aspect The Central Economic Work Conference proposed to use various policy tools such as reserve requirement ratio cuts and interest rate cuts flexibly and efficiently to maintain sufficient liquidity and smooth the monetary policy transmission mechanism. It aimed to stabilize the real estate market, control new supply, reduce inventory, and optimize supply according to local conditions, and encourage the acquisition of existing commercial housing for affordable housing. The Fed cut interest rates by 25 basis points in December as expected. The macro - economic outlook was moderately positive. The 14th Five - Year Plan provided a transformation path for the steel industry, focusing on "controlling production capacity, optimizing structure, promoting transformation, and improving quality" [4]. Cost aspect Iron ore was strong, and coking coal and coke futures stabilized and rose, which continued to increase cost support [5]. Driving Factor Analysis - Bullish factors: Low supply, rising apparent demand, continuous inventory de - stocking, loose policy expectations, large discount on the futures market providing bottom support, strong iron ore, and significant rebound of coking coal and coke to increase cost support [6]. - Bearish factors: Seasonal weakening of terminal demand, more construction site closures in the north, cautious winter storage willingness of traders, and weak real estate data [6]. Short - term View Summary The market is expected to continue to operate in a volatile and slightly upward trend in the short term. Attention should be paid to whether production capacity can continue to shrink and the start time of winter storage demand [7].