Liquidity has been reduced on the spot market, with producers having low volumes of material available.

“We remain bullish on 2022 [steel demand in Brazil],” Werneck said. “For flat steel, the outlook is positive.”

The downward move was also seen as a correction to the price gap that emerged between spot and tender prices last week.

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