Asphalt Weekly Monitor
23 Oct 2015
- East Coast retail asphalt cement prices lower in some areas, flix prices flat.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt ranges weaker, with flux wholesale unchanged.
- Midwest retail selling ranges slipped lower in a number of areas.
- Midwest wholesale markets were status quo going into the second half of October.
- Gulf Coast retail ranges mostly unchanged, with some areas having softer pricing.
- The wholesale Gulf Coast asphalt range narrowed, with flux barge prices status quo.
- Retail selling price assessments erode in some Rocky Mountain locations.
- Wholesale prices held steady for October material in the US Rockies.
- West Coast retail markets were mostly steady this week.
- Western Canada retail assessments are flat–Alberta wholesale is assessed lower.
- Eastern Canada selling price ranges are unchaged. Posted prices are reported status quo.
- Oil prices dropped–December WTI ends at $44.60/bbl, off $2.66/bbl vs. last week’s prices.
- December Brent fell $2.47 a bbl this week, ending at $47.99 a bbl—over $3 above WTI.
- December West. Canada’s WCS is $14.90 below WTI—to under $30/bbl FOB Alberta.
