克利夫兰-克里夫斯公司第一季度业绩超出预期，亏损收窄；首席执行官暗示有望实现盈利

-- 克利夫兰-克里夫斯公司 (CLF) 第一季度亏损收窄幅度超出预期，营收也超出市场预期。首席执行官洛伦佐·贡萨尔维斯表示，这家钢铁生产商预计第二季度将恢复盈利。该公司周一表示，截至3月份的第一季度，经调整后的每股亏损收窄至0.40美元，低于去年同期的0.93美元，也高于FactSet预测的每股亏损0.43美元。营收从46.3亿美元增至49.2亿美元，高于华尔街预期的48.1亿美元。贡萨尔维斯在一份声明中表示，第一季度业绩“反映了能源价格和价格实现滞后等短期不利因素的影响”。“随着时间的推移，预计每个季度业绩都会逐季改善，因为我们订单和定价方面已经显现的势头将继续转化为收益和现金流。” 贡萨尔维斯补充道，公司预计第二季度将“产生健康的正自由现金流”，标志着公司恢复盈利。第一季度钢铁产品销量从去年同期的414万净吨降至411万净吨。炼钢收入从44.7亿美元增至47.6亿美元。贡萨尔维斯表示，中东冲突增强了克利夫兰-克里夫斯公司的“竞争地位”，但并未加快与韩国钢铁制造商浦项制铁（POSCO）潜在交易的进程。去年10月，克利夫兰-克里夫斯公司宣布与浦项制铁签署谅解备忘录，探讨以美国钢铁生产为重点的合作。贡萨尔维斯表示：“我们将继续在谅解备忘录框架内本着诚意进行谈判，以达成一项能够增值股东利益、充分体现公司资产价值、市场地位以及美国钢铁需求强劲的交易。” 克利夫兰-克里夫斯公司预计，2026年其钢铁出货量仍将维持在1650万至1700万净吨左右。该公司股价周一下跌4.7%，今年以来累计下跌29%。

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Update: Gold Falls As Dollar and Yields Rise as Iran Again Closes the Strait of Hormuz

(Updates prices.)Gold traded lower early on Monday as the dollar rose while hopes for an end to the war on Iran faded after Iran on Friday opened and then closed the Strait of Hormuz, pushing up oil prices and the dollar on worries over higher inflation and interest rates.Gold for May delivery was last seen down US$51.80 to US$4,827.80 per ounce.Gold rose on Friday after Iran briefly reopened the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint for 20% of daily global oil demand supplied by Persian Gulf nations. However, later it again refused to permit transit through the waterway as the United States declined to end its blockade of Iran's ports.The United States is sending negotiators to Pakistan for peace talks. While Iran has not confirmed it will attend h after the U.S. Navy disabled and seized a Iranian cargo ship in the Gulf over the weekend. However the Wall Street Journal reported it informed Pakistan it will send a team of to the talks. A ceasefire between the two countries ends tomorrow, with U.S. President Trump again threatening to attack Iranian civilian infrastructure unless a deal is reached.The closure of the Strait has produced the largest-ever energy supply shock, pushing up physical oil prices along with gasoline and diesel costs and causing widespread shortages of aviation fuel, raising inflation and concerns central banks will need to hike interest rates in response."The latest weakness has been driven by renewed dollar strength and fresh concerns about energy-led inflation. Gold and silver, like many other commodities, remain highly sensitive to developments in the Middle East given the knock-on impact on the dollar, bond yields, and US rate expectations," Saxo Bank wrote in a note to clients.The dollar weakened, with the ICE dollar index last seen down 0.2 points to 98.07. Treasury yields were higher, with the U.S. two-year note last seen paying 3.725%, up 1.3 basis points, while the yield on the 10-year note was up 0.4 points to 4.255%.

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Sector Update: Energy Stocks Higher Monday Afternoon

Energy stocks were higher Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 1% and the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) adding 0.7%.The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index was decreasing 0.3%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index was steady.In sector news, oil prices rose Monday following an apparent flare-up between the US and Iran ahead of the expiration of their ceasefire agreement this week. Oil prices had plunged on Friday as Iran declared that the Strait of Hormuz was open, a key US demand. Tehran, however, took back control of the waterway on Saturday. Both sides have accused each other of violating a two-week ceasefire that is due to expire Tuesday.Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil jumped 6.8% to $89.56 a barrel, and the global benchmark Brent crude contract popped 5.9% to $95.72 a barrel. Henry Hub natural gas futures increased 0.9% to $2.70 per 1 million BTU.In corporate news, USA Rare Earth (USAR) on Monday agreed to acquire Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde in a cash-and-stock deal with an equity value of about $2.8 billion, as the critical minerals producer aims to boost its rare earth operations. USA Rare Earth shares jumped past 8%.Eni (E) and Repsol have reached a deal with the Venezuelan government to begin exporting natural gas from the country's Perla field in the Gulf of Venezuela, shipping the fuel in the form of liquefied natural gas from a floating terminal, Bloomberg reported. Separately, Eni said it has made a gas discovery in the Kutei Basin off the coast of Indonesia. Eni shares rose 1%.Sable Offshore (SOC) shares added 0.4% after it said capital expenditure across its assets is expected to be around $180 million from April through December this year.

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