Asphalt Weekly Monitor
09 Mar 2018
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices move higher in most markets this week.
- Wholesale prices for asphalt slip modestly, with flux barge pricing firmer on the East Coast.
- Midwest retail markets and roofing flux assessed in higher ranges for most locations.
- Wholesale asphalt markets remain firm in the Midwest, as selling ranges are increased.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices rose in most locations, with many flux prices firming as well.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt and flux barge prices hold steady this week.
- Some Rockies retail markets are firmer this week, with most others unchanged.
- Rockies wholesale price range is flat this week, with demand strong for products.
- West Coast asphalt prices firm in some Pacific Northwest areas, but ease a bit in California.
- Western Canada participants reported no selling price changes. Wholesale prices firm.
- Retail selling prices are higher across eastern Canada. Posted prices are flat.
- Crude oil prices climbed higher this week, with all benchmark grades firming. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up less than a dollar, while Brent rose $1-2 and WCS rose more.
