ICICI Securities: Metal Sector Outlook 2021 - Steer Clear Of Steel, Aluminium 

ICICI Securities: Metal Sector Outlook 2021 - Steer Clear Of Steel, Aluminium

An employee sprays water to cool the mud gun of blast furnace inside the metal blast furnace unit.(Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

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ICICI Securities Report

Our outlook for metal stocks under coverage remains cautious to negative for CY21. We rate all metal stocks at either hold /reduce /sell. The current margins, valuations clearly tell a story of caution.

Chinese demand stimuli, artificial raw material shortages through restrictions on scrap imports (helping all the commodities - iron ore and aluminium in particular) sustain the rally for now.

Deleveraging, as a theme, is important but overhyped given such cyclically high margins, valuations.

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