Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Paving activity restarts in earnest following the US Memorial Day Holiday weekend.
- East Coast retail selling prices eased in parts of New England, but firmed slightly in Connecticut.
- East Coast wholesale paving asphalt prices moved higher this week. Flux is unchanged.
- Midwest retail prices are increased late-week by some suppliers. Some selling ranges rise.
- Wholesale prices firm, with supply tight, awaiting June price reports.
- Retail Gulf Coast asphalt firmed in parts of Tennessee. Flux prices are mostly unchanged.
- Wholesale Gulf Coast asphalt selling range narrows on tight supply–flux prices unchanged.
- Rockies wholesale prices are steady for remaining May supply—supply remains tight.
- Most retail markets are unchanged this week in the Rockies.
- West Coast markets rise in many Pacific Northwest locations and the Los Angeles area.
- Manitoba prices eased, but other Western Canada markets were steady.
- Quebec and Ontario selling range assessments were steady, but eased in Quebec late in the week. The MTQ results were reported for Quebec this week.
- July West Texas Int. (WTI) crude slips $1.64, to $102.71/bbl.
- July Brent oil eases $1.13, going to $109.41/bbl, or $6.70 a bbl above July WTI.
- July Canadian WCS prices decline to about $84/bbl. The discount to WTI is about $19/bbl.
