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• Asia PE: Prices rangebound WOW amid muted discussions, holidays in Vietnam / Far East Asia HDPE film-ethylene spread at $15/mt / Yulong Petrochemical to start new ethylene cracker mid-Sep
• Asian Butadiene: Stable as market fundamentals remain unchanged / Deal levels unchanged over week / Supply tightness seen as easing
• Asian MTBE: Market eyes support from Indonesia’s gasoline demand / Gasoline demand to ease stockpile pressure / FOB China offers firm at $635-$640/mt
• Asian Methanol: Prices edge higher amid gas curtailment / Short-term outlook bullish / SE Asia fundamentals balanced to tight / Asian end-users focus on lifting term cargoes
• Asian Styrene Monomer: Rises on bullish sentiment / Front month futures contract rise Yuan 122/mt / China cash margins fall Yuan 170/mt WOW
• Asian Orthoxylene: Prices stable over week; participants seek direction from China / Buyers and sellers adopt wait-and-see approach / Fujian Fuhaichuang restarts Gulei plant after maintenance
• Asian Iso-MX: Falls $5.50/mt WOW, PX-MX spread narrows but remains healthy / PX falls $18/mt WOW / PX-MX spread expected to stay rangebound
• India Solvent MX: Cash differential stable amid thin trading, fewer bids / Domestic Solvent MX offers stable at Rupees 72.50-73/kg / November ICE Brent futures contract at $66.76/b
• India Toluene: CFR India stable amid subdued activity / Nov ICE Brent futures contract edges down to $66.76/b / Domestic toluene offers unchanged at Rupees 68.50-69/kg
• Asian Toluene: Prices supported amid expectations on the policies to curb overcapacity in China / Steep backwardation structure in gasoline prices / East China port inventories fall 8% / South China inventories rise 13%