BEIJING, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Chinese steel rebar and hot rolled coils futures traded within a tight range on Tuesday as consumption by the construction sector remains weak, with mills cutting production ahead of holidays.

Around 50 steelmakers have announced maintenance plans near the coming Lunar New Year holidays, with some producers planning to resume production in late-February or March, according to consultancy Mysteel.

However, a still sluggish real estate market offset the impact from the supply cuts. China's gross domestic product in the property sector fell 2.9% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with same period a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/zxfb/202201/t20220118_1826497.html showed.

The most-active construction rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange for May delivery dipped 0.7% to 4,557 yuan ($718.42) per tonne as of 0215 GMT.

Hot rolled coils futures, used in the manufacturing sector, slipped 0.7% to 4,663 yuan a tonne.

There is limited room for further decline in steel prices supported by easing monetary policy that aims to stabilise the economy, GF Futures analysts said.

Stainless steel prices on the Shanghai bourse for February delivery jumped 2% to 18,025 yuan per tonne.

Benchmark iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange were down 1.6% at 697 yuan a tonne, falling below 700 yuan for the first time since Jan. 10.

Spot prices of iron ore with 62% iron content for delivery to China fell $2.5 to $127.5 on Monday, data from consultancy SteelHome showed.

Other steelmaking ingredients on the Dalian exchange were mixed, with coking coal increasing 0.5% to 2,239 yuan a tonne, while coke prices dropped 1.5% to 2,944 yuan per tonne.

($1 = 6.3431 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Min Zhang in Beijing and Enrico Dela Cruz in Manila; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)