ArcelorMittal Adds 42 Cents on Heavy Volume

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ArcelorMittal (MT) ends the session up 42 cents to $16.51 on strong volume. Throughout the day, 8.3 million shares of ArcelorMittal exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $16.55 and $16.12 after having opened the day at $16.12 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.09.

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ArcelorMittal, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated steel and mining company worldwide. ArcelorMittal has a market cap of $24.77 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.8, equal to the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 12.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are four analysts that rate ArcelorMittal a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates ArcelorMittal as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its feeble growth in its earnings per share, deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, poor profit margins and weak operating cash flow.

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