Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast asphalt retail prices are lower in New England, flat elsewhere.
- East Coast and Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt prices increase for the week.
- Midwest markets were mixed—most were steady, but a few rose while some slipped.
- Midwest wholesale product prices rose for April volumes.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt, retail flux and wholesale flux prices are unchanged for the week.
- Rockies wholesale prices go higher for April as product remains tight.
- Rockies retail prices were mostly steady.
- West Coast region was steady, except for some increases in the Pacific Northwest.
- In Western Canada, BC prices ease lower—other Provinces were unchanged.
- Eastern Canada price ranges move notable higher for the week, with limited activity.
- In Montreal, the MTQ will hold its first tender of the year on April 10, with company posted prices expected to resume next week as well.
- Crude markets ease lower–May NYMEX West Texas Int. (WTI) slips $0.53, to $101.14 bbl.
- May Brent drops $1.35, to $106.72 a bbl. The premium to WTI drops to $5.58 a barrel.
- May Western Canadian Select (WCS) crude is $19.35 below May WTI, less than $82 a bbl.
