Asphalt Weekly Monitor
03 Apr 2015
- East Coast retail selling ranges for asphalt and flux mostly steady—but various state asphalt indices go lower for April.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux prices are steady on the East Coast this week.
- Midwest wholesale prices are mostly steady going into early April. Retail is flat, or lower.
- Gulf Coast retail assessments move lower in a few locations–flux prices are steady or lower.
- Gulf Coast area barge asphalt prices slip lower.
- Some Rocky Mountain selling ranges decline, while other hold steady.
- Rockies wholesale prices were mixed going into early April, with the range adjusted.
- Several West Coast selling ranges ease lower, but no posted price moves reported.
- Western Canada retail markets were flat–some higher wholesale prices reported for April.
- Quebec and Ontario selling prices are assessed status quo, with activity reportedly limited.
- May WTI crude ends the week, at $49.14, up $0.24 a bbl, but US oil production dips.
- May Brent fell to $54.95 a bbl, down $1.46. Brent premium to WTI falls below $6.
- May Western Can. Select (WCS) firms to near $37 a bbl FOB Alberta–$12.40 under WTI.
