US chem shares rise amid upbeat aerospace, housing news

HOUSTON (ICIS)–US-listed shares of chemical companies rose with the general stock market on Monday, with positive news in aerospace and signs of a potential rebound in the housing market.

Stocks rallied despite a rise in coroanvirus cases prompting states to pause reopenings or reimpose restrictions, slowing the economy and curbing demand.

The following shows the US-listed shares followed by ICIS.

Name	$ Current Price	$ Change	% Change
AdvanSix Inc	11.7	0.69	6.27
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd	22.18	0.75	3.5
Braskem SA ADR repr Class A	8.59	0.24	2.87
Celanese Corp Class A	85.39	2.61	3.15
Dow Inc	41	1.22	3.07
DuPont de Nemours Inc	52.47	1.05	2.04
Eastman Chemical Co	69.32	2.04	3.03
H.B. Fuller Co	44.43	1.93	4.54
Huntsman Corp	17.8	0.15	0.85
Ingevity Corp	51.67	4.36	9.22
Kraton Corp	17.15	1.04	6.46
Kronos Worldwide Inc	10.19	0.59	6.15
LyondellBasell Industries NV	64.95	1.58	2.49
Methanex Corp	18.13	0.08	0.44
NewMarket Corp	396.95	10.31	2.67
Olin Corp	11.28	0.44	4.06
PolyOne Corp	26.01	0.82	3.26
PPG Industries Inc	103.94	1.8	1.76
RPM International Inc	73.87	2.37	3.31
Sherwin-Williams Co	566	8.47	1.52
Stepan Co	95.4	7.44	8.46
The Chemours Co	15.31	0.48	3.24
Trinseo SA	21.85	0.46	2.15
Tronox Holdings PLC	7.03	0.47	7.16
Univar Solutions Inc	16.57	0.57	3.56
Venator Materials PLC	1.82	0.22	13.75
Westlake Chemical Corp	54.07	1.39	2.64

The general stock market rose,  as shown by the closing figures in the table below.

Name	29 June	Change	%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	25,595.80	580.25	2.32
S&P 500	3,053.24	44.19	1.47
Dow Jones US Chemicals Index	582.64	12.21	2.14
S&P 500 Chemicals Industry Index	585.38	11.14	1.94

It was the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s largest jump since 5 June, when the index rose more than 3%.

CNBC said the jump was led by aerospace manufacturing company Boeing, whose shares rose as flight tests received government clearance.

Also, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported soaring pending home sales in May, signalling a potential rebound in the housing market.

In oil markets, crude futures rose amid positive economic data from Europe and Asia, as shown in the following table.

The table below shows oil prices in $/bbl.

Product	29 June	28 June	Change
Brent August	41.71	41.02	0.69
WTI August	39.70	38.49	1.21

Traders remained unaffected by the rise in US coronavirus cases, which reached an all-time high on Monday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an increase of 41,075 from Friday, totalling nearly 2.5m.

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