The September US mixed xylene contract price settled at $4.25/gallon ($1,287.75/mt), an increase of 33 cents ($99.99/mt) from the mark for August, industry sources said Tuesday. The settlement was in line with market expectations, ...
Tags: Mixed Xylene, Chemicals
US spot paraxylene was assessed at a five-month high of $1,460/mt FOB US Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The last time spot paraxylene was seen higher than this level was on March 21, when it was assessed at $1,475/mt FOB USG, according to ...
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US spot mixed xylene was last assessed Friday at a five-month high of $4.25/gal ($1,296.85/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast after a trade was heard at that level for August, sources said. The spot assessment has not been this high since March 13, ...
Tags: Mixed Xylene, Chemicals
The August US paraxylene contract price settled at 73.5 cents/lb ($1,620.38/mt), an increase of 2.5 cents from July's contract price, sources said Tuesday. The settlement is in line with most market expectations for an increase, because ...
Tags: paraxylene, spot PX
The US-Asia isomer-grade mixed xylenes arbitrage has shut on paper after being open for about a month, hit by higher US prices overnight Tuesday, Platts data showed Wednesday. Asian isomer-MX CFR Taiwan was assessed at $1,297/mt Tuesday, ...
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US spot benzene reached $4.18/gal ($1,249.82/mt) Thursday on stronger demand, up 18 cents/gal from the July 17 one-year low of $4/gal FOB US Gulf Coast, sources said. Sources have attributed the stronger demand to derivative styrene ...
Tags: Spot Benzene, Chemicals
The price spread between benzene and its main feedstock toluene plunged 26.7% day on day to a five-month low of $88/mt on an FOB Korea basis Wednesday, below breakeven levels, Platts data showed. Benzene has to be at a premium of ...
Tags: Benzene-Toluene, Chemicals
The arbitrage window for toluene from Asia to the US was open on paper Tuesday, the FOB US Gulf price assessed at 375 cents/gallon or $1,140/mt overnight, up 12 cents/gallon from Monday amid stronger demand. Meanwhile, FOB Korea toluene ...
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The July US paraxylene contract price settled at 71 cents/lb ($1,565.27/mt), one cent lower from June's contract price, sources said Tuesday. The settlement is in line with market expectations of a 1-2 cents decline because of a weak spot ...
Tags: Paraxylene CP, Chemicals
The US styrene-to-benzene spread has widened $34.66/mt since June 24, growing to its highest level in more than 4 1/2 years at $424.56/mt Monday, according to Platts data. US spot styrene rose 0.90 cent/lb ($19.84/mt) day on day to a ...
Tags: Styrene-Benzene, Chemicals
US spot benzene reached a 10-month low assessment Tuesday at $4.17/gal ($1,246.83/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast. Spot benzene was last assessed below this level on August 29, 2012 at $4.16/gal FOB USG. Since then, benzene prices have risen as ...
US spot mixed xylene prices have fallen a total of 11 cents ($33.33/mt) since June 17, last assessed Friday at $3.90/gal ($1,181.70/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast, which sources attributed to bearish demand and a weaker energy complex. MX prices ...
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US spot styrene rose 0.55 cent/lb ($12.12/mt) to 74.25 cents/lb ($1,636.91/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast on Monday for its highest assessment in three months as it tracked gains elsewhere in the world. The assessment was the highest since March ...
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US spot benzene shed 5 cents Wednesday to land at $4.29/gal ($1,282.71/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast, its lowest assessed level in six weeks, as slower chemical demand and an oversupplied market put downward pressure on prices, sources said. Spot ...
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The June US benzene contract price settled 5 cents/gallon ($14.95/mt) lower at $4.42/gal ($1,321.58/mt), sources said Friday. The benzene CP settled at $4.47/gal in May, an 11-cent jump from the prior settlement at $4.36/gal. Market ...
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