Today’s Research Reports on Stocks to Watch: Alcoa and Century Aluminum

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / April 10, 2018 / Shares of aluminum companies were exploding on Monday after the United States slapped sanctions against a Russian producer of aluminum. Shares of Alcoa and Century Aluminum headed higher yesterday. Alcoa saw its shares gain as much as 8% during intra-day trading and Century saw gains as high as almost 15%.

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Alcoa Corporation
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Century Aluminum Company
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Alcoa Corporation shares closed up 5.35% on Monday with about 6.8 million shares traded yesterday. The steel giant headed higher along with its peers after U.S. sanctions were implemented on Friday against Russia. The country’s aluminum giant Rusal was hit particularly hard by the sanctions and lost roughly half of its value as a result. Karen McBeth, the content director of Metals Pricing and Market Engagement at S&P Global Platts, remarked, “If these sanctions remain in effect, the impact on the U.S. aluminum price is very significant and could be lasting.” She also said, “Along the value chain for aluminum, each piece of the price is going to rise in the U.S.”

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Century Aluminum Company shares closed up a little over 12% yesterday on about 5.1 million shares traded. It was a good day for aluminum stocks such as Century Aluminum and Alcoa with United States sanctions against big Russian metal companies. Sanctions were implemented this past Friday that prevents U.S. entities from doing business with Russian aluminum producer Rusal. Rusal is controlled by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska who happens to be a friend of the country’s president Vladimir Putin. Shares of Century as well as Alcoa were exploding on the idea that Rusal could be removed from the market. Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called the measures “unacceptable” and even illegal. The country has threatened potential retaliation. To put in perspective the effect these sanctions have on Russia, Forbes estimated that the stocks and other investments of the country’s 50 richest people, lost $12 billion in value in just a day.

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