Why Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel Dynamics, and Nucor Corp Are Surging Today (Hint: It Has to Do With President Trump)
Steel stocks surged this morning after the Trump administration said over the weekend it will double steel and aluminum tariffs from 25% to 50%.Shares of Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) have blasted roughly 26% higher as of 10:43 a.m. ET today. Shares of Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) and Nucor (NYSE: NUE) have also jumped roughly 11% and 10.5%, respectively.President Donald Trump announced the higher tariffs on steel and aluminum after the market closed Friday during a rally at a U.S. Steel factory near Pittsburgh. The announcement also happened as Trump celebrated the likely union between U.S. Steel and the Japanese steel maker Nippon Steel in a deal that Trump promised would include no layoffs and where the company will remain in U.S. control.Continue reading
Steel stocks surged this morning after the Trump administration said over the weekend it will double steel and aluminum tariffs from 25% to 50%.
Shares of Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) have blasted roughly 26% higher as of 10:43 a.m. ET today. Shares of Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) and Nucor (NYSE: NUE) have also jumped roughly 11% and 10.5%, respectively.
President Donald Trump announced the higher tariffs on steel and aluminum after the market closed Friday during a rally at a U.S. Steel factory near Pittsburgh. The announcement also happened as Trump celebrated the likely union between U.S. Steel and the Japanese steel maker Nippon Steel in a deal that Trump promised would include no layoffs and where the company will remain in U.S. control.
