{
  "id": 12760647,
  "title": "Steel ETF Falls 2.5% as Gerdau Slips 2% | Steel, Oct 7",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/steel-etf-falls-2-5-as-gerdau-slips-2-steel-oct-7",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T00:56:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/steel-markets-latam-wednesday-october-7-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 7, steel shares experienced a decline of 2.5%, with Gerdau falling 2% and Ternium dropping 0.98%. The reason behind this market movement is attributed to cheap imports and weak demand in China. Latin American steelmakers are facing pressure from imports and a soft global market. Despite tariffs having a positive impact, they do not alleviate the overall pressure faced by the industry.\n\nThe decrease in China's crude steel output by 3.7% in August led to an increase in exports of steel to other regions. Alacero projected in November 2025 that imports would reach 39.7% of steel consumption in Latin America by 2025, with Chinese mills supplying 45.4% of these imports.\n\nBrazilian flat-steel group, CSN, remained unchanged at US$1.23, while Gerdau's share price fell to US$5.02 and Ternium's share price dropped to US$56.41. The Steel Select ETF (SLX) experienced a more significant decline of 2.48%, reaching US$102.43. The lack of a verified steel price for the session led to this report focusing on shares and a fund as proxies.",
  "summary": "Steel shares fell with the SLX fund down 2.48% as Gerdau lost 1.95%. Chinese output is falling, and Mexican vehicle production dropped 15.1% in September. The post Steel ETF Falls 2.5% as Gerdau Slips 2% | Steel, Oct 7 appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}