Asphalt Weekly Monitor
04 Nov 2016
- East Coast retail asphalt prices soften in many areas – flux prices decline in most locations.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt price ranges increase, with flux pricing weaker.
- Some Midwest markets slipped lower on retail, with other areas status quo.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt prices rise for November, but roofing flux prices slip lower.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux markets are status quo to start November.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt prices increase this week, with wholesale flux steady.
- Rockies wholesale prices increase for November. Most cokers are operational there.
- Retail markets are fla, or lower in the Rocky Mountain region for the start of November.
- West Coast selling prices were mostly steady this week. Alaska and Hawaii are static too.
- Western Canada asphalt selling/posted prices are steady. Alberta wholesale increased.
- Montreal selling prices are in a narrower range, with posted prices unchanged. Selling and posted prices in Toronto went lower.
- Crude oil prices plunge lower, with December WTI closing at $44.07 a bbl, down $4.63.
- January Brent crude also drops, to $45.58, off $4.13 a barrel, versus last week.
- December Western Canadian Select oil (WCS) declines by $5, to just over $29 FOB Alberta.
