Asphalt Weekly Monitor

11 May 2018

• East Coast retail asphalt prices increase in many areas, with flux prices flat this week.
• Barge prices for asphalt rise, as flux barges are steady on the East Coast.
• Midwest retail assessments continue to firm, as April pricing ends. Flux ranges rise.
• Midwest barge and rail prices assessed in narrower ranges, with lower April levels gone.   
• Gulf Coast retail asphalt pricing moves up in many areas, with flux prices steady this week.
• The Gulf Coast asphalt barge range firmed, with flux barge prices static.
• Some Rockies retail price ranges rise. Wholesale goes to May higher levels.    
• West Coast asphalt markets note firmer selling ranges this week in most areas.
• Western Canada selling and posted prices are steadfast into May. Wholesale increased.
• Posted and selling prices remain at late-April levels across eastern Canada.
• Crude oil prices firmed again this week for all benchmark grades.