On April 7, 2016, Price of Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) in Far East Asia was reported to go up by USD 5 per metric tonne to USD 635 per metric tonne.

On April 7, 2016, Price of Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) in North West Europe (NWE) was reported to go up by USD 45 per metric tonne.

On April 7, 2016, Styrene price in South Korea was reported down by $10 per metric tonne.

On April 7, 2016, Propylene price in South Korea was noted significantly higher by $25 per metric tonne.

OPEC daily basket price on April 7, 2016 was assessed higher at USD 32.63 per barrel.

China based Sinopec Corporation is planning to shut its monoethylene glycol (MEG) unit for maintenance brief.

The International Crude Oil price of Indian Basket as assessed by (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was dollar 36.71 per barrel on April 7, 2016.

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has planned to shut its Panipat refinery for maintenance turnaournd on April 22, 2016.

China based Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical (JBP) has delayed the start-up of its new ethylene vinyl acetate/low density polyethylene unit.

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

On April 6, 2016, PP (Film) price in Far East Asia was noted to up by $10 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, PS price in South East Asia was reported downward by $10-20 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, LLDPE price in Far East Asia and South East Asia was reported upward by $5 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, LDPE price in Far East Asia and South East Asia was reported to go up by $10 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, HDPE price in Far East Asia and South East Asia was reported to be up by $10-45 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, Brent Crude Oil was assessed higher by $1.97 and settled at $39.84 per barrel.

The International Crude Oil price of Indian Basket as assessed by (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was dollar 35.73 per barrel.

On April 6, 2016, Price of Butadiene (BD) in South Korea was declined by USD 50.

Naphtha price for Japan on April 6, 2016, shows positive movement by moving up USD 2.5.

On April 6, 2016, Styrene price in South Korea was noted to down by $10 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, Propylene price in South Korea declined by $5 per metric tonne.

The Indian rupee opened lower on Today. It was trading at 66.72 per USD against previous closing of 66.65.

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

Platts has revised its PE and PP price with effect from April 6, 2016. The new price assessment is higher at USD 10-15 per metric tonne on a CFR basis.

The US-based Flint Hills has resumed production in its cracker in early April 2016. According to industry based source, the cracker was offline