Spot Polyethylene trading picked up steam as the week moved along finishing with a flourish of activity on Friday. Spot market activity came in waves, much as we have seen so far during 2019, and despite these ebbs and flows, completed volumes were surprisingly high last week. Our official PE prices did not see change during the week, although sellers’ asking prices generally began higher before being whittled back down to familiar levels to enab... [More]

Polypropylene trading eased back from its recent heightened pace, reverting back to a more normal, if not lackluster level. While offers were consistent, demand was lax, and enthusiastic sellers shaved prices to gain orders, resulting in a half-cent decline in both HoPP and CoPP. Preliminary results indicated that PP demand was soft in Feb, the weakest since last Feb, which is historically a seasonally slow month for PP, before stronger demand ki... [More]