Chemical Prices Today (Apr 20, 2026): Daily Market Trends & Price Changes

The latest daily chemical price update highlights key movements across major sectors, including Basic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Energy, Plastics, and Rubber. This report summarizes daily, weekly, and monthly price changes to help market participants track short-term fluctuations and broader pricing trends.

Chemical Prices Today 20260420

Top Price Movers

Propane prices ↑ 29.17%
Hydrogen peroxide prices ↑ 11.11%
Glycerol prices ↓ -24.55%

Basic Chemicals Prices

Product	CAS	Price	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Acetic acid prices	64-19-7	4317	-3.47%	-3.01%	44.16%
Acetone prices	67-64-1	7600	0.66%	-7.58%	24.32%
Benzene prices	71-43-2	8627	-0.86%	-0.06%	5.74%
Methanol prices	67-56-1	3390	-1.27%	-0.27%	15.65%
Propylene prices	115-07-1	9004	0.6%	-1.25%	11.41%
Ethylene glycol prices	107-21-1	5108	-0.8%	-0.99%	11.76%

Basic chemicals showed broad declines, with solvents and aromatics under pressure while some feedstock products remained relatively stable.

Basic Chemicals Prices 20260420

Fine Chemicals Prices

Product	CAS	Price	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Dimethyl carbonate prices	616-38-6	4233	-2.36%	-3.93%	-1.78%
Polyethylene glycol prices	25322-68-3	6700	7.16%	-2.07%	1.35%
Sorbitol prices	50-70-4	4800	15.63%	20.48%	-13.47%
Trichloroethylene prices	79-01-6	5125	3.41%	15.06%	7.27%

Fine chemicals showed mixed momentum, with select products rebounding while others continued to correct.

Energy Prices

Product	Price	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
WTI Crude Oil	95 USD/barrel	-12.63%	-12.63%	12.36%
Gasoline	8243	-1.87%	-4.76%	1.22%

Energy prices declined sharply, with crude oil leading losses and weighing on upstream chemical costs.

Plastics Prices

Product	Price	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
ABS	11600	-1.15%	-3.04%	7.72%
HDPE	10363	-0.72%	-1.12%	16.95%

Plastic prices softened slightly, reflecting weaker demand and declining upstream costs.

Fine Chemicals Prices 20260420

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