螺纹日报：震荡偏弱-20260119

Report Industry Investment Rating - The short - term view of the steel industry is an oscillatory pattern with support at the bottom and pressure at the top, maintaining the idea of buying at support levels and participating flexibly [4] Core Viewpoints - The current rebar market is in an oscillatory and weak state. The demand is seasonally weak but winter storage demand is starting. The production is slightly decreasing and at a relatively low level compared to recent years. The inventory is slightly decreasing and at a relatively low position with little pressure. The cost support is decreasing, and the real - estate demand continues the downward cycle, limiting the upside space, while the infrastructure demand may have some resilience [4] Summary by Directory Market行情回顾 (Market Review) - Futures price: On Monday, the rebar main contract's open interest decreased by 27,384 lots, and the trading volume shrank compared to the previous trading day, with 1,056,242 lots. The price was oscillatory and weak throughout the day, breaking below the 5 - day and 10 - day moving averages in the short - term. It closed at 3,140 yuan/ton, down 33 yuan/ton or 1.04%, with a low of 3,134 and a high of 3,171 [1] - Spot price: The mainstream area's rebar HRB400E 20mm was quoted at 3,290 yuan/ton, down 10 yuan compared to the previous trading day [1] - Basis: The futures price was at a discount of 150 yuan/ton to the spot price. The large basis provided some support, and there was a certain cost - effectiveness for the winter storage on the futures market [1] Fundamental Data Supply - demand situation - Supply side: As of the week of January 15, the rebar production decreased by 0.74 million tons week - on - week to 1.903 billion tons, starting to decline slightly after four consecutive weeks of increase. It was 2.99 million tons lower year - on - year in the Gregorian calendar. The blast furnace operating rate of 247 steel mills was 78.84%, down 0.47 percentage points week - on - week and up 1.66 percentage points year - on - year; the blast furnace iron - making capacity utilization rate was 85.48%, down 0.56 percentage points week - on - week and up 1.20 percentage points year - on - year; the steel mill profitability rate was 39.83%, up 2.17 percentage points week - on - week and down 10.39 percentage points year - on - year; the daily average pig iron output was 2.2801 billion tons, down 1.49 million tons week - on - week. The current production was still relatively low compared to recent years, providing some support for the price [2] - Demand side: The apparent consumption rebounded, indicating that winter storage might have started. As of the week of January 15, the apparent consumption increased by 15.38 million tons week - on - week to 1.9034 billion tons, and was 5.19 million tons higher year - on - year. After three consecutive weeks of decline, the apparent consumption rebounded significantly, suggesting the start of winter storage demand [2] Inventory situation - The total inventory decreased slightly by 0.04 million tons week - on - week to 4.3807 billion tons as of the week of January 15. The social inventory was 2.9541 billion tons, up 5.23 million tons week - on - week but still at a low level in recent years, and the steel mill inventory was 1.4266 billion tons, down 5.27 million tons. The accumulation of social inventory indicated weak downstream demand, and the reduction of steel mill inventory indicated that traders had a certain amount of winter storage [3] Macroeconomic situation - The central economic meeting 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 expectation was moderately positive. The 15th Five - Year Plan provided a transformation path for the steel industry, focusing on "controlling production capacity, optimizing structure, promoting transformation, and improving quality". Macroscopically, the incremental demand was relatively limited, but the loose cycle provided some support, and the upper limit of demand determined the pressure [3] Driving Factor Analysis - Bullish factors: The inventory was at a three - year low, the supply side was cutting production to avoid excessive competition, production capacity was strictly controlled, policies supported demand, the demand would marginally improve after the Spring Festival, and the macro - economic expectation was loose [4] - Bearish factors: The inventory accumulation after the Spring Festival might exceed expectations, the de - stocking speed would slow down, the blast furnace restart would accelerate, the winter storage demand was cautious, the real - estate demand continued to decline, exports were restricted, and the economic recovery was weak [4] Short - term View Summary - After the accident at Baotou Steel over the weekend, the futures market rose slightly in the morning session, but the real - estate data released today continued to decline, and the market weakened again. Currently, the rebar demand was seasonally weak, but the data released last week showed an increase, indicating that winter storage demand was starting. The production decreased slightly and was at a relatively low level compared to recent years. The anti - excessive competition policy was expected to shrink production capacity, providing downward support. The inventory decreased slightly and was at a relatively low level with little pressure. In terms of cost, iron ore prices fell sharply today, port inventory was high, and coking coal and coke prices were weak, reducing cost support. The real - estate demand continued the downward cycle, with limited incremental demand, restricting the upside space. However, infrastructure demand might have some resilience. In the short - term, the price broke below the 5 - day and 10 - day moving averages, and in the medium - term, support should be watched at the 30 - day and 60 - day moving averages. Currently, the market was in an oscillatory pattern with support at the bottom and pressure at the top. It was advisable to maintain the idea of buying at support levels and participate flexibly [4]