** Jefferies raises price targets of U.S. steel manufacturers Steel Dynamics STLD.O and Nucor Corp NUE.N
** New PTs imply a 15.8% upside for STLD and 22.3% for NUE from their last closes
** Shares of STLD and NUE up between 1.5% and 2% in morning trading
** Brokerage constructive on U.S. steelmakers, cites easing geopolitical risks, supportive trade policies and an upcoming wave of mill maintenance
** Says U.S. steel prices continue to rise, with the outlook improving as supply tightens due to mill outages and imports dropping to multi‑year lows
** Including session moves, STLD up 13.7% and NUE up 14.8% YTD
Companies | Old PT | New PT |
Steel Dynamics | $195 | $220 |
Nucor Corp | $200 | $225 |
(Reporting by Megavarshini G. Somasundaram in Bengaluru)
((Megavarshini.SomasundaramGnanasundari@thomsonreuters.com))
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