In North West Europe, Ethylene price was assessed significantly down on May 20, 2016.

Ineos Oligomers is planning to build a LAO unit at Chocolate Bayou in Texas.

Saudi Arabia based Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) has resumed its units after maintenance work.

South Korea based Lotte Chemical (LC) is planning to restore its naphtha cracker in coming weeks.

Saudi Arabia based Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) has resumed its petrochemical units on May 19, 2016

In Rotterdam, price of Toluene was noted significantly higher by USD 15 per metric tonne on May 20, 2016.

In South Korea, price of Toluene was noted marginally higher by USD 5 per metric tonne on May 20, 2016.

In South East Asia, price of Toluene was assessed to go down by USD 5 per metric tonne on May 20, 2016.

In South East Asia, price of Styrene Monomer (SM) was assessed higher by USD 10 per metric tonne on May 20, 2016.

In Rotterdam, price of Ortho Xylene (OX) was assessed lower by USD 15 per metric tonne on May 20, 2016.

In Rotterdam, price of Mixed Xylene (MX) was reported to move up by USD 20 per metric tonne on May 20, 2016.

In Japan, price of Benzene was reported lower on May 20, 2016.

In Rotterdam, price of Benzene was reported lower on May 20, 2016.

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We carry here a round-up of Indian market prices for commodity and engineering polymers across the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kanpur. These are latest ruling prices.

In Middle East, Crude oil price was reported to go down by USD 1.06 per barrel (bbl) owing to slow demand sentiment in the country.

In Japan, price of Naphtha was decreased by USD 10 per metric tonne on account of soft demand trend.

In Rotterdam, price of Styrene Monomer (SM) was assessed to go down on May 19, 2016.

In South Korea, price of Styrene Monomer (SM) was recorded to lower on May 19, 2016.

In North West Europe, Propylene price was noted significantly higher on May 19, 2016. Propylene price was assessed to go up by

Taiwan based China General Plastics Corporation (CGPC) has revised its latest PVC offer to India.

In Asian markets, Ethylene price was reported to remain unchanged on May 19, 2016.

In United States, price of Ethylene was reported marginally higher by USD 0.50 on May 19, 2016.

OPEC crude daily basket price was assessed lower on May 19, 2016.

The International crude oil price of Indian Basket was declined by USD 1.21 per barrel (bbl) on May 19, 2016.