Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail and wholesale asphalt price ranges unchanged across the region.
- East Coast flux prices are status quo for the week.
- Midwest retail selling prices were steady this week, as paving work continues.
- Midwest wholesale barge and rail prices are mostly in lower part of assessed ranges.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices remain steady across the region.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt price range narrows – flux wholesale unchanged.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale/retail prices are status quo—Colorado has severe flooding.
- West Coast asphalt prices hold at previous week levels.
- Western Canada markets are steady.
- Quebec and Ontario prices hold steady for the week, strong market competition noted.
- Crude prices decliine–November NYMEX WTI ends at $104.75 a bbl, off $2.74 this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) crude prices drop again, to $76 a bbl–$28-29 under WTI.
- North Sea Brent crude ease $2, going to $110 a bbl—about $4 per bbl above WTI.
