LME Plastics: Asia and North America PP prices up

02 November 2007 14:44  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Plastics futures prices from the London Metal Exchange are given in the table below. Further details and comparisons with price data published earlier are available directly from the Exchange. The LME site requires free user log-in.

 

LME Plastics: prices

 

Date:	Nov 2
	PP
$ per tonne	Global	Asia	Europe	North America
Cash (B)	1,330	1,342	1,560	1,390
Cash (S)	1,350	1,352	1,570	1,410
Nov (B)	1,340	1,350	1,535	1,400
Nov (S)	1,360	1,360	1,565	1,420
Dec (B)	1,340	1,355	1,535	1,400
Dec (S)	1,360	1,375	1,565	1,420
	LLDPE
	Global	Asia	Europe	North America
Cash (B)	1,320	1,320	1,420	1,340
Cash (S)	1,335	1,335	1,460	1,360
Nov (B)	1,320	1,320	1,420	1,350
Nov (S)	1,340	1,340	1,460	1,370
Dec (B)	1,320	1,320	1,420	1,350
Dec (S)	1,340	1,340	1,460	1,370

 

B = Buyers

S = Sellers

 

Turkish producer Petkim increased its polypropylene (PP) price by $20/tonne on Thursday as offers of imported material were depleted and costs soared, said a company source.

 

European cracker operators were talking of cutting rates on Thursday as naphtha costs surged above an unprecedented $800/tonne (€552/tonne).

By: Staff Reporter
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