Platts Global Benzene Price Index A key ingredient to styrene, used in packaging, various plastics, nylon and other textiles. The chart above shows the daily end-of-day Platts Global Benzene Price Index price in red and also displays the 20-day moving average in blue. Global benzene prices edged up less than 1% in May, with the global benzene price at $1,322 per metric tons (/mt), up from $1,315/mt in April, according to the just-released PGPI data expressed as a monthly average. The slight increase was attributed to small gains in the global crude oil and naphtha prices. Next chart: Platts Global Toluene Price Index
A key ingredient to styrene, used in packaging, various plastics, nylon and other textiles.
The chart above shows the daily end-of-day Platts Global Benzene Price Index price in red and also displays the 20-day moving average in blue.
Global benzene prices edged up less than 1% in May, with the global benzene price at $1,322 per metric tons (/mt), up from $1,315/mt in April, according to the just-released PGPI data expressed as a monthly average. The slight increase was attributed to small gains in the global crude oil and naphtha prices.
Next chart: Platts Global Toluene Price Index
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