Spot Polyethylene trading began June in a mellow way, which is not uncommon for the first week of a summer month. Our spot PE prices were all weaker - most came off a penny, though LDPE for Film and LLDPE for Injection, which had been building premiums, each slid a solid deuce. Completed volumes were only about average as order flow through our trading desk was on the quieter side, but not unexpected, especially considering these quickly changing... [More]

Polypropylene business picked up this past week; our completed transactions were sizable, fairly well divided between prime and offgrade, and HoPP sold more commonly than CoPP. This past week favored back to back deals over our inventory sales as some suppliers offered favorable prices to move their material. The flow of spot railcar offers was fluid and prices were discounted $.01-.03/lb compared to the previous 2-3 weeks and our benchmark price... [More]