In South East and China, n-Butanol prices stayed steady, with the price at $1060/MT CFR and $1050/MT

In South East Asia and North East Asia, caustic soda prices stayed steady on June 21 at $490/MT CFR and $491/MT FOB basis, 

Butadiene prices fell in South Korea from $1675/MT to $1645/MT (FOB), in China from $1705/MT to $1675/MT (FOB)

On Thursday, Crude prices went down in NW Europe from $74.74/bbl to $73.05/bbl (Brent), in US Gulf from $66.22/bbl to $65.45/bbl

On Thursday, Propylene prices remained steady in NW Europe at Euro 1125/MT (CIF), in Japan at $1060/MT (FOB), in SE Asia

On Thursday, DOP prices were found flat in SE Asia at $1275/MT, FE Asia at $1155/MT and in China at $1155/MT respectively.

On Thursday, Methanol price stayed at the same level in Rotterdam at  Euro 383/MT(FOB), SE Asia at $424/tonne(CFR), China at $398/tonne (CFR),

On June 21, 2018, Ethylene prices remained steady in NE Asia at $1380/MT CFR, in Japan at $1310/MT FOB, in SE Asia

On Thursday, PTA prices stayed steady in SE Asia, FE Asia and India at $850/MT(FOB), $830/MT(FOB) and $855/MT(CIF) respectively.

Cyclohexane prices inched up in the Indian chemical market as a result of which soft buying activity was observed in the market

Norway's Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, said that a turnaround at its Tjeldbergodden methanol plant has been carried out

Haldia petrochemical Limited (HPL) located in Haldia in West Bengal, has a 330ktpa HDPE plant, a 370ktpa HDPE/LLDPE 

Formosa Plastics Corp (FPC), in Ningbo China is planning to shut the EVA plant for a maintenance turnaround.

Caustic soda demand is sluggish in India and this has skewed the market dynamics, favouring a fall in prices for the chemical in India.

Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fiber in Jiangsu, China restarted its Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) unit on June 19,2018.

Acrylonitrile prices were found unchanged in Asian Market as well as in US Gulf and Europe chemical market on June 20, 2018.

On Wednesday, PET prices fell in NE Asia from $1380/MT to $1370/MT (FOB), in SE Asia from $1430/MT to $1410/MT

On Wednesday, Methanol price went down in Rotterdam from Euro 389.50/MT(FOB) to  Euro 383/MT(FOB), SE Asia from $426/tonne(CFR) to $424/tonne(CFR),

On Wednesday, Crude prices rose in US Gulf from $65.07/bbl to $66.22/bbl (WTI), in UAE from $72.18/bbl to $72.91/bbl

On Wednesday, Polypropylene (Random Copolymer) remained steady in South Korea at $1500/mt CIF, in Singapore at $1430/mt CIF,

Monoethylene glycol prices went down in South East Asia from $970/MT to $935/MT (CFR), in China from $925/MT

On June 20, 2018, Polypropylene (Block Copolymer) prices went down in Pakistan from $1370 to 1365/mt CFR.Prices in Thailand

In South East Asia, prices were assessed steady at USD 490/MT CFR levels. In North East Asia too prices were flat 

On Wednesday, Phenol prices went down in SE Asia from $1340/MT to $1315/MT(CFR) in China from $1275/MT to $1260/MT(CFR)

On Wednesday, Acetone prices went down in SE Asia from $770/MT to $760/MT(CFR) in China from $675/ton to $660/ton(CFR)