Nucor Corp.
NUE,
-5.87%
said Thursday it has set a new $3.0 billion stock repurchase program. Based on the previous session's stock closing price of $95.99, the steel products company could buy back about 10.4% of the shares outstanding. The company said the new program replaces the $2.0 billion program that was authorized in September 2018, of which $1.55 billion of common stock had been repurchased. The new program has no expiration date. The stock, which slipped 0.3% in premarket trading, has soared 80.5% year to date through Wednesday, as continuous HRC Steel Futures
HRN00,
-1.54%
have run up 66.2% and the S&P 500
SPX,
-2.14%
has gained 8.2%.