Corrected: INTERACTIVE: Global IPEX down 0.64% month on month in April

-Global IPEX for April 2018 down 0.64% month on month at 272.05
-US IPEX down 0.25% at 263.31
-Northwest Europe IPEX down 1.66% at 319.46
-Northeast Asia IPEX down 0.34% at 257.59

Major price increases this month
Commodity	Region	Month on month change
Butadiene	US	+7.7%
Butadiene	Northwest Europe	+8.0%
Styrene	Northeast Asia	+1.6%
Polyethylene	Northeast Asia	+0.4%
Major price decreases this month
Commodity	Region	Month on month change
Propylene	US	-2.1%
Benzene	Northeast Asia	-1.7%

The ICIS petrochemical index tracks the movement of 12 major petrochemicals and polymers: ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, paraxylene (PX), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), styrene, polystyrene (PS), methanol and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) with the regional indexes weighted by capacity.

The index values are subject to change as contract prices settle. Asia PX, US LDPE and US ethylene have not yet settled.

Global and regional IPEX data are available here
The ICIS Petrochemical Index methodology is available here