Phenol and acetone are made together, so today's gap shows the demand is on the acetone side.
8Acetone jumps while its co-product phenol stays flat
8Phenol holds steady as demand stays on the acetone side
8MEK consolidates after a mid-week dip

Most prices are steady. Only two small moves today.
8n-Butanol eases while its sister alcohol 2-EH holds
8IPA holds its recent gains as solvent demand stays firm
8MEG stays quiet as the polyester chain sends mixed signals
8DEG edges up on firmer bulk import offers

Methanol jump is fading, but acetic acid and ethyl acetate are now rising instead.
8Methanol steadies after a sharp Monday jump
8Acetic Acid firms on stronger bulk import offers, pulling ethyl acetate up
8Ethyl Acetate extends recovery across the western domestic market
8VAM holds firm after last week's strong rally

Maleic anhydride is rising on resin demand, but DOP has not followed, so makers' margins are widening.
8Maleic Anhydride extends a sharp weekly rally on resin restocking
8DOP holds flat while maleic anhydride firms around it
82-Ethylhexanol steadies after its mid-month gains
8Phthalic Anhydride edged up in thin trade

All these products fell together in June. Now they are moving apart — benzene up, styrene stuck, xylenes weak.
8Benzene firms for a third straight week as import parity rebounds, tightening styrene margins
8Styrene stays weak while feedstock benzene climbs
8Toluene slips to a discount against benzene, reopening conversion economics
8Mixed Xylene lags the whole complex on soft gasoline-blending demand
8Orthoxylene keeps falling even as phthalic anhydride firms
8Paraxylene pulls away from raw xylene on steady polyester demand

8India's fertilizer chain runs right through it
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8NRL has assigned 68% of the grouped package value to the agitator system and only 32% to the reactor vessel. That weighting signals that mixing performance, drive reliability, sealing and control integration matter more than the pressure shell alone. The commercial split could determine which global suppliers are genuinely capable of leading the package.

8The real competition will begin only after EIL tests whether all four bidders can carry the package’s execution burden.

8An eastern-coast hub is positioning itself against the established western bases.

8A tiny acquisition turns out to be the scaffolding for a much larger strategic step.

8The Murugappa parent of Coromandel took a large impairment and passed its dividend.

8A trade-policy step that landed last edition now reads directly against a heavy import line-up.

8A rating cut on both the parent and its battery-materials arm puts a number on the EV-chemistry delay.

8A tribunal order carves the bio-pharma and spirits-biofuel arms out of the core green-chemistry business.

8The Bhavnagar bulk-chemicals maker backed a strong quarter with a sulphur-dioxide capacity addition.

8The specialty-chemical exporter backed a strong quarter with a large capacity and borrowing-headroom decision.

8India's only solar-glass maker delivered its fourth straight high-margin quarter and detailed a large capacity build.

8The Bhilwara textile and synthetic-fibre maker filed three material decisions in one board outcome.

8The country's leading styrenics maker opened the season with a strong quarter and a debottlenecking due on stream by autumn.

8Aromatics remain the firmest corner of the market, with the export benchmark leading the domestic move.

8The anhydride is one of those cases where the weekly board and the month-end series point in opposite directions.

8Vinyl acetate monomer has recovered strongly toward the top of its recent range after a long slide from last quarter's highs.

8Isopropyl alcohol is the week's most strongly corroborated mover, firming on both the spot board and the monthly benchmark.

8The alcohol has snapped back off its recent low in a single week, though the monthly picture still reads softer.

8The first wave of June-quarter results shows top lines rebounding across resins, fluorochemistry and surfactants, even as margins and balance sheets tell a less uniform story.