Iron ore hits four-week high as China demand prospects back in focus
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China’s 2020 crude steel output at record high Benchmark Dalian and Singapore iron ore futures hit four-week highs on Monday as China’s forecast-beating quarterly GDP growth helped shift investor focus back to demand prospects for the raw material in theworld’s top steel producer.
China’s economy expanded 6.5 per cent year-on-year in the final quarter of 2020 and looks poised to expand further this year, lifting market sentiment dampened by the country’s fresh restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19 infections.
The most-active May contract for iron ore on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange rose as much as 2.5 per cent to 1,084.50 yuan ($167.29) a tonne, its strongest since December 22.