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Why These Steel Stocks Are Off to a Hot Start Monday

Steel Dynamics, Nucor Lead S&P 500 Gainers

An orange truck is seen with rolls of steel on a trailer behind it.
Steel is transported at a US Stee🐽l facility in Pennsylvania, where President Trump said on May 30 that he would double tariffs on foreign steel imports to 50%.

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Key Takeaways

  • Several U.S. steelmaker stocks surged Monday after President Trump said he would double tariffs on steel imports to 50%.
  • Steel Dynamics, Commercial Metals, Nucor, and Cleveland-Cliffs shares were all sharply higher.
  • The U.S. imports nearly a quarter of the steel it uses annually, bringing in just under 29 million net tons of finished and raw steel products in 2024.

Several U.S. steelmaker stocks surged Monday following President Donald Trump's announcement that he plans to double tariffs on 🔯steel imports to 50%.

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) stock soared 28% in the opening hour of trading, while shares of Steel Dynamics (STLD) and Nucor (NUE) led gainers on the S&P 500, each up roughly 11%, and Commercial Metals (CMC) rose more than 8%.

Trump made the announcement at a U.S. Steel (X) facility in Pennsylvania on Friday, highlighting his 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:recent support for a "partnership" between the American steelmaker and Nippon Steel after the Biden administration rejected the Japanese firm's proposed acquisition over national security concerns. U.S. Steel shares had 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:rallied since that announcement but were 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:little changed Monday morning.

Trump said at Friday's event that doubling the steel tariffs would protect U.S. jobs and lead more companies to source from American steelmakers. 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Research found that the 25% tariff pꦺlaced on steel and aluminum imports in Trump's first term did boost jobs in the industries, but higher metal costs led to slowed hiring in other sectors, far outweighing the boost to man♍ufacturing hires.

The U.S. 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:imports nearly a quarter of the steel it uses annually, bringing in just under 29 million net tons of finished and raw steel products in 2024 from Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and others, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.

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