NewsFlashSecond US MX contract settles
04 April 2008 22:52 [Source: ICIS news]
HOUSTON (ICIS news)--A second US April mixed xylene (MX) contract settled at $3.40/gal ($1,020/tonne or €653/tonne) for a gain of 20 cents from March, according to trade sources on Friday.
The settlement was also up from an initial April settlement of $3.35/gal FOB (free on board) earlier this week.
Aromatics trade sources said the MX contracts gained on stronger demand and higher MX spot prices compared with a month earlier.
Current MX spot levels were at $3.38-3.40/gal FOB HTC (
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