8The market leader defended a profit rise at its annual meeting even as it wrote down a home-decor bet, in its chairman's final year.

8The Aditya Birla flagship has finished its national paint-plant network, and the cost is showing up in the parent's own margins.

8The ketone solvent has clawed back a large weekly gain after a long decline.

8The plasticizer alcohol has recovered part of a steep three-month fall in a single week.

8After months of weakness the benzene derivative has snapped higher, though it remains below its recent peak.

8The aromatic has extended a months-long climb and is trading close to its strongest level of the year.

8The nylon precursor has led the benzene chain higher and is now dearer than at any point in the past year.

8New Delhi has suspended all overseas sulfur sales, and China's spot market has already moved on the news.

8A temporary exemption that shielded importers of more than forty essential chemicals and polymers has expired, and the levy is back on.

8HDPE E52009 prices remain steady in Delhi domestic market
8HDPE E52009 prices hold firm in Hyderabad domestic market
8HDPE B56003 prices stay stable in Chennai domestic market
8LDPE 1070LA17 prices remain firm in Hyderabad domestic market

CORPORATE ACTIONS & GOVERNANCE
8Ameenji Rubber signs an exclusive India technology licence with Korea's Macroad
8Supreme Petrochem clears a Rs 8 final dividend, but institutions resist a promoter re-election
8Alufluoride's annual meeting clears family-management pay and a final dividend
8GRP restates its managerial pay upward in an annual-report corrigendum
8Rubfila International's non-executive director resigns
EARNINGS & FINANCIAL WATCH
8Chembond Chemicals' quarterly profit rises by half, entirely from its subsidiaries
8Andhra Petrochemicals' national solvent distributor stays at CARE C, still not cooperating
8Daikaffil republishes revised FY26 numbers, showing a full-year loss
8Results diary: chemical and polymer names line up their first-quarter prints
REGULATION & MARKET SIGNALS
8NGT takes suo motu cognisance of a fatal ammonia leak in Tiruvallur
8India's kharif sowing lags about a sixth, softening near-term fertilizer demand
CAPACITY & PROJECT WATCH
8Haldia Petrochemicals' Rs 5,500-crore phenol project reappears as the phenol price firms

AROMATICS & INTERMEDIATES
8Caprolactam firms toward its recent high in Mumbai
8Cyclohexane rises in the domestic market
8Aniline eases in Delhi but holds well above its winter low
8Acrylic Acid slips in Kandla after a sharp fortnightly fall
8Ethanol softens in Mumbai
8Wet Slurry weakens further
SOLVENTS & SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
8Toluene holds near its recent high in Hazira
8Benzyl Alcohol extends its decline
8Ethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether Acetate edges up
8Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether holds near a strong high
8Pine oil declines in Mumbai
8Trichloroethylene recovers modestly
8Methyl Isobutyl Ketone firms in Mumbai
8Refrigerant R404A ticks higher in Mumbai
POLYMERS WATCH
8PVC edges up in Mumbai, and holds well above year-ago levels
8Polystyrene holds steady in Mumbai
8EVA steadies after a fortnightly rise in Mumbai
FIBRES & YARNS
8Woven Organic Yarn climbs to a fresh high in Delhi
8Pure Polyester Yarn extends its rise in Delhi
8Recron 3S rises to a fresh monthly high in Ahmedabad

CAPACITY & EXPANSION
8SABIC and Rongsheng sign a development pact for a Chinese advanced-materials project
8PetroChina starts a 1.2-million-tonne ethylene complex in Xinjiang
8A zinc-bromine battery maker advances a plan for an Indian gigafactory
SUPPLY CHAINS & STRATEGIC MOVES
8Evonik completes the backward integration of its global methionine network
8A Chinese state pharma group moves to take control of pesticide maker Lier Chemical
8Baofeng Energy consolidates 600,000 tonnes of coking capacity in Ningxia
MARKETS & FEEDSTOCKS
8Firmer crude lifts polyester costs, shifting the cotton-polyester balance

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8A quiet top-up hints at how fast a from-scratch unit has been scaling.

8The herbicide ticks up from a recent low while its regulatory cloud persists.

8The epoxy precursor bounces off the lower end of its recent range.

8A high-value refrigerant gives back a little even as the gas complex stays firm.

8The ester's sharp weekly gain stands out on an otherwise mixed solvent board.

8The solvent's run is being read as another sign of tightening aromatics supply.

8The world's largest chemical maker is more optimistic on profit and more cautious on feedstock at once.

8A capital raise arranged for the promoter side ran into the market.

8A Middle East supply-chain knot briefly reached an Indian fluorochemical unit, and has now loosened.