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Chemical Prices Today (May 13, 2026): Daily Market Trends & Price Changes

May 13, 2026 chemical price update: Silver iodide surged 33.37%, sodium dodecyl sulfate jumped 22.81%, while sodium thiosulfate plunged 31.34%. Covers ABS, acetic acid, methanol, WTI crude oil, HDPE, and more market trends. GuideView3 MIN READMay 14, 2026
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.

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Basic Chemicals Prices

Product CAS Price Daily Weekly Monthly
Acetic acid prices 64-19-7 3117 -3.11% -1.97% -23.79%
Acetic anhydride prices 108-24-7 5800 0.87% 1.8% -14.05%
Acetonitrile prices 75-05-8 8933 -4.34% 3.22% 0.81%
Ammonium chloride prices 12125-02-9 880 12.82% 2.91% 10.99%
Benzoic acid prices 65-85-0 5500 -9.09% -4.03% -0.98%
Borax prices 1303-96-4 5475 -0.9% 1.66% 1.27%
Boric acid prices 10043-35-3 10360 -2.03% -2.53% 1.77%
Calcium carbide prices 75-20-7 2374 2.15% 0.73% -6.66%
Cobalt prices 7440-48-4 425400 -0.07% 0.26% 2.13%
Dichloromethane prices 75-09-2 2316 9.3% 8.11% -13.21%
Ethanol prices 64-17-5 5792 -0.24% -0.41% -1.07%
Ethyl acetate prices 141-78-6 6267 3.93% 0.55% -7.64%
Ethylene oxide prices 75-21-8 8200 -3.53% -3.6% -3.17%
Formaldehyde prices 50-00-0 1358 -0.15% -1.02% -3.85%
Isopropyl alcohol prices 67-63-0 8100 -0.77% -5.22% -7.31%
Lithium carbonate prices 554-13-2 195000 -2.01% 5.33% 13.86%

Basic chemicals showed mixed performance, with ammonium chloride, dichloromethane, and ethyl acetate posting gains, while acetic acid and benzoic acid moved lower.

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Fine Chemicals Prices

Product CAS Price Daily Weekly Monthly
Activated carbon prices 64365-11-3 6800 -8.11% -4% -7.5%
Calcium carbonate prices 471-34-1 1350 -4.93% -1.62% -0.7%
Citric acid prices 77-92-9 5510 0.4% 0.13% 0.33%
Creatine monohydrate prices 6020-87-7 23000 8.36% 3.44% 0.51%
Dimethyl carbonate prices 616-38-6 3792 -1.07% -1.06% -8.72%
Ferric chloride prices 7705-08-0 2825 -0.28% -0.11% -0.14%
Imidazole prices 288-32-4 21000 -2.33% -3.16% -0.24%
Oleic acid prices 112-80-1 8000 -12.09% -0.81% 1.73%
Poly(ethylene glycol) prices 25322-68-3 9450 -14.09% -3.57% 3.32%
Potassium citrate prices 866-84-2 8400 0.39% 0.36% -0.14%

Fine chemicals remained highly volatile, with silver iodide, creatine monohydrate, and sodium dodecyl sulfate posting gains, while sodium thiosulfate, sorbitol, stearic acid, and poly(ethylene glycol) declined sharply.

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Energy Prices

Product Price Daily Weekly Monthly
Asphalt 4350 0.46% -0.23% 2.64%
Gasoline 8135 0.69% 0.9% -7.14%
WTI Crude Oil 102 USD/barrel 4.08% -1.01% 0%

Energy markets strengthened, with WTI crude oil and gasoline posting gains that may continue influencing upstream chemical pricing.

Plastics Prices

Product Price Daily Weekly Monthly
ABS 10950 -0.61% -1.18% -7.36%
HDPE 10325 0.85% 0.58% -0.74%
PET 9085 -0.44% -2.17% 6.07%

Plastic prices showed mixed trends, with HDPE rising modestly while ABS and PET remained under pressure amid cautious downstream demand.


Other Chemical Price Highlights

Additional market products tracked today included EVA, methanol, nickel, phenol, phosphoric acid, potassium permanganate, propylene, propylene glycol, sodium benzoate, sodium metabisulfite, sodium sulfate, sulfur, tetrahydrofuran (PTMEG), toluene, white phosphorus, xylene, and zinc oxide.

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