AK Steel Holding (AKS): Shares advance through positive trading channel

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AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) produces carbon, stainless and electrical steel products. The firm makes cold-rolled and aluminum-coated stainless steel for automakers, provides energy efficient electrical steels to makers of power transmission and distribution equipment, and sells hot- and cold-rolled carbon steel to construction companies, automakers and industrial machinery producers. It also manufactures carbon and stainless steel tubular products and makes antimicrobial coated steels for appliances. The firm has major plants and offices in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Clients include Ford Motor (NYSE: F), General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM).

The stock is up 30% so far in Q2, on word of a solid Q1 earnings report (4/22) and several successful price increases/surcharge levies. The firm said that soaring global steel prices and favorable labor contracts have enabled it to boost profits beyond expectations. Analysts have pointed to expansion in developing economies and historically low levels of inventory as the factors fueling demand.

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