Asphalt Weekly Monitor
07 Oct 2016
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices ease in some areas.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt price ranges narrower, with flux prices lower.
- Retail prices slide lower in some Midwest areas, while others hold mostly steady.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt prices decline for October product.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices lower in some areas, with flux prices steadfast.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux prices are unmoved for the week.
- Rockies wholesale prices drop for October supply, with some cokers down for maintenance.
- Rocky Mountain region retail selling ranges assessed lower, as demand is sliding.
- West Coast prices come off in a few areas, as weather conditions worsen in the Northwest.
- Asphalt selling/posted prices are flat across western Canada. Alberta wholesale declined.
- Posted/selling prices in Montreal continue to go down. Retail prices in Toronto are flat.
- Crude oil prices go higher, as November WTI closes at $49.81 a bbl, up $1.67 for the week.
- December Brent crude ends week at $51.93 a bbl, up by $1.74 for the week.
- November Western Canadian Select oil (WCS) rises to almost $36 FOB Alberta.
