Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast wholesale prices are steadfast this holiday week.
- East Coast retail asphalt prices are mixed – flux retail unchanged.
- Midwest asphalt retail markets are unchanged to start 2013—few changes reported.
- Midwest January wholesale prices headed lower for paving grades—flux prices are mixed.
- Gulf Coast wholesale prices in a wider band this week–retail asphalt and flux prices are flat.
- Rockies wholesale prices moved lower for January paving grade products.
- Arizona and New Mexico selling prices decline for January on supplier price reductions.
- West Coast asphalt markets status quo for the start of the New Year.
- Canada prices are unchanged—cold, winter conditions prevail.
- February NYMEX WTI crude ends week at $93.09–up $2.29 for the week—rising over the last four weeks.
- The Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to WTI for February climbed to $36/bbl.
- February Brent-to-WTI crude premium eases another $1, to $18/bbl. March is $17/bbl.
