Asphalt Weekly Monitor
24 Mar 2017
- East Coast retail asphalt prices firmed modestly in some areas, with flux pricing unchanged.
- Wholesale prices for asphalt soften in some areas – flux prices steady on the East Coast.
- Most selling ranges hold steady this week in Midwest areas.
- Midwest wholesale prices are unchanged this week for March supply. Demand is still strong.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux pricing unmoved for the week.
- The wholesale asphalt price range slips somewhat on the Gulf Coast, with flux steady.
- Rockies wholesale prices are status quo for March supply.
- Rockies retail selling ranges firm slightly in a few locations. The rest are flat.
- West Coast selling ranges rise slightly in some spots, but most are steady for the week.
- Participants in western Canada reported no retail price changes for this week.
- Asphalt selling prices are unchanged in Montreal. Posted prices are in a wider range.
- Asphalt selling prices in Ontario went up slightly from last week. Posted prices are flat.
- Crude oil prices slip lower, with May WTI at $48.14/bbl–off by $1.12 from last week.
- May Western Canadian Select crude (WCS) prices slide, to just over $35 FOB Alberta.
- May North Sea Brent oil declines, by $0.84 a bbl, to $51.06. Brent/WTI delta nears $3 a bbl.
