Reuters: Global Markets: Steel sector downgraded; shares drop

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Steel sector downgraded; shares drop Aug 23rd 2012, 13:53 Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:53am EDT (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. steel producers fell on Thursday after a Wall Street analyst downgraded the sector on the belief that prices of the metal will decline. Analyst Tony Rizzuto of Dahlman Rose & Co cut his investment rating for AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS.N) to "sell" from "hold," and Nucor Corp, Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD.O) and U.S. Steel Corp (X.N) to "hold" from "buy." "Recent domestic price increases have not been matched internationally, potentially inviting increased imports later this year and placing a de facto ceiling on domestic prices," Rizzuto wrote in a research note. "Growing international price divergences, a potential scrap price decline in September, and continued demand weakness - particularly in China - should place a cap on domestic price increases," he added. In morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange, U.S. Steel was down 3.6 percent at $21.94, Nucor dropped 2.2 percent to $39.65, and AK Steel was down 2.7 percent at $5.76. On Nasdaq, Steel Dynamics was 2.6 percent lower at $12.72. (Reporting by Steve James in New York; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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