Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Some East Coast retail locations have price declines.
- East Coast and Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt prices steady.(2)
- East Coast retail and wholesale flux price ranges hold steady.
- Midwest retail prices status quo in most locations.
- Midwest wholesale price assessments firm modestly for barge and rail.
- Some Gulf Coast retail asphalt market prices slip lower in some locations.
- Gulf Coast flux wholesale and retail asphalt prices slip lower in several areas.
- Rockies wholesale and retail prices unchanged.
- West Coast markets are steady this week, but demand remains disappointing.
- Quebec and Ontario selling and posted prices unchanged for the week.
- Western Canada markets are status quo this week.
- October NYMEX WTI crude surges to close at $99.33 per bbl—up $2.91 per bbl this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to October WTI narrows again, to $8.25 per bbl.
- Brent-to-WTI crude premiums go higher, to $19.00-19.25 per bbl for October.
