Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- US Thanksgiving Holiday and cold weather bring most activity to a halt in most areas.
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux price ranges are mostly steady for the week.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux wholesale pricing unchanged this week.
- A quiet week in the Midwest—steady retail and wholesale prices for end of November.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices are static for this week.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt and flux price ranges remain unmoved.
- Rocky Mountain retail and wholesale markets were static for late-November product.
- West Coast was quiet and steady this week.
- Western Canada mostly quiet—Alberta tender for 2014 bid at prices in the current ranges.
- Quebec prices are status quo for the week, with demand waning.
- Ontario prices are flat for the week, with activity tapering for the season.
- January NYMEX West Texas Int. crude (WTI) declines to $92.78 a bbl.—off $2.06 this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) oil is $30 below WTI for January supply.
- January North Sea Brent crude slips $1,36, to $109.69 a bbl—almost $17 over WTI.
