While spot polyethylene trading activity increased this week, producers' offerings were limited in general. With softening ethylene prices, many traders, sensing that a top may be in place, made an effort to liquidate existing inventories this week. This sent mixed signals to processors as producers... [More]

After a constant and dramatic rise over the past few months, polypropylene prices eased a bit this week. Domestic demand was weak as prices approached $1.00/lb and exports arbs were unattainable. However, with monomer contract prices settled earlier this month at a punishing 9-10 cpp increase from a... [More]

Spot polystyrene prices were mostly unchanged this week, with GPPS closing at 91 cpp and HIPS expanding to a 5-cpp premium to it. Prices had dipped the previous week, putting them back to where they were on July 1. Well-priced offgrade PS continued to move easily in the spot market, and prime materi... [More]