Daily Chemical Market Price Overview — November 6, 2026
Friday is the day the two tapes finally agree.
2,689 lines are tracked, 309 of which moved — 153 higher against 156 lower — with 2,380 frozen (88.5% of the feed) (tables print the movers, drifters and frozen premiums the scan surfaced, maximum one hundred lines per category, ranked by movement).
Tracked WTI rose 3.41% from USD 88 to USD 91/bbl and Brent rose 3.16% from USD 95 to USD 98/bbl — the catch-up this sheet has owed since Tuesday, now aligned with the offshore settlement of USD 90.83 and USD 98.32 (Xinhua, 6 November). The aromatics chain keeps conceding with it for a third session:
benzene -3.84% to CNY 8,337/ton (weekly -12.55%),
toluene -6.42% to CNY 7,767/ton,
p-xylene -6.67% to CNY 9,800/ton and
styrene -1.07% to CNY 10,170/ton. The second story is a ledger being settled again:
52 lines snapped back exactly to their 11/04 published level, and Thursday's loudest headline names are inside that number —
triethylenediamine -38.18% back to CNY 17,525/ton and
ethylstyrene -20.14% back to CNY 28,750/ton, both erasing Wednesday-to-Thursday's spikes to the very cent. Even the acid that led Thursday's sell list gave part of it back:
butyric acid +50.00% to CNY 11,250/ton, above the CNY 10,000 level it fell from. Of 113 double-digit daily changes only
16 survive the three-clock test; strip the rest out and Friday's genuine re-marks are
poly(vinyl methyl ether) +88.57% to CNY 198,000/ton (weekly +109.83%, monthly +47.59%),
5-hydroxyisophthalic acid -43.27% to CNY 198,000/ton (weekly -42.28%) and
3-dimethylaminopropylamine +34.28% to CNY 190,000/ton (weekly +20.68%).
Three forces shaped Friday, and the first is a barrel that finished its worst week in years with a shrug. Xinhua reported WTI December closing
USD 90.83/bbl (+0.34%) and Brent January
USD 98.32/bbl (+0.03%) on 6 November — a second straight day of micro-gains that CCTV Finance framed as Middle East shipping risk not yet dissipated. For the week, however, the Economic Daily counted
WTI -12.76% and Brent -16.42%, the steepest weekly fall since 2020: post-midterm de-escalation bets on the Iran conflict, OPEC+ holding December output unchanged, and Gulf exports from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq and Kuwait up 10% in October to above 15 million b/d. The tracked sheet at 91/98 now carries all of that — the gap that pointed the wrong way on Thursday has closed in the right direction. Second,
Beijing's compliance calendar runs through the weekend: the 12 October notice brings per-shipment licensing for controlled lithium-battery and graphite-anode items into force from
8 November, and Announcement No. 70's suspension expires
10 November; the electrolyte shelf is still printed frozen. The domestic pump-price window lands
12 November with the change rate near -5.10% and an expected cut of around CNY 280/ton (Xinhua Finance). Third,
the Bank of England hiked 25bp to 4.00% on the 5th, its first move since August 2023, while EU gas storage sits near 75% against an 80% winter target (IEA) — a reminder that the demand side of the chemical equation is being repriced by central banks, not just by the barrel.
Top Price Movers
Poly(vinyl methyl ether) rose 88.57% to CNY 198,000/ton from CNY 105,000/ton — the largest genuine move on Friday's board, and the only double-digit up-print whose weekly (+109.83%) and monthly (+47.59%) clocks both support the day. Note the ordering: the week is larger than the day, which is the signature of a level that has been climbing all week and stepped up again — not a one-session pop. But read the surrounding shelf before reading the level as a market. The whole vinyl-ether family re-quoted on the same day, and only this line passed confirmation:
poly(n-butyl vinyl ether) +160.27% to CNY 38,000,
poly(ethyl vinyl ether) +120.15% to CNY 59,000 and
diethylene glycol divinyl ether +128.57% to CNY 37,333 all fail the same-sign or week-consistency tests and print as
(base event) in the table. When one family moves 88–160% in four directions at once, the honest conclusion is that these are thin producer composites being refreshed in steps, with one member lucky enough to have consistent longer clocks. Poly(vinyl methyl ether) is a low-volume specialty resin (pressure-sensitive adhesives, coatings, pharmaceutical excipients) with a small producer set; its composite moves in jumps, not curves. The buyer's action is narrow: benchmark CNY 198,000/ton against an executable quote with a validity window, and treat the unconfirmed family prints as noise until they confirm.
Rose 88.57% to CNY 198,000/ton, weekly +109.83%, monthly +47.59% — the only vinyl-ether print whose clocks agree; its three family neighbours moved 120–160% unconfirmed. Benchmark the quote, do not extrapolate the family.
5-Hydroxyisophthalic acid fell 43.27% to CNY 198,000/ton from CNY 349,000/ton — the largest genuine decline on Friday's board, with weekly and monthly clocks locked together at -42.28%. That equality is the most informative datum on the shelf: the entire decline happened inside this week, so this is a fresh repricing event, not the tail of an old trend. 5-Hydroxyisophthalic acid is a specialty diacid for liquid-crystal polymers, heat-resistant polyesters and pharmaceutical intermediates — a small-volume, producer-quoted line where one plant restart or one contract settlement can move the composite by a third. The shelf check is mixed rather than confirming: the aromatics complex it feeds from fell again (benzene -3.84%, p-xylene -6.67%), which is cost-supportive for a decline, but no neighbouring specialty diacid moved with it. That single-line shape argues for a producer-specific correction — possibly the unwinding of the very spike that put this line at CNY 349,000 a week ago. For procurement this is a genuine level change with a verifiable weekly clock behind it, but at a 43% print on a thin composite, the discipline is absolute: get an executable quote at CNY 198,000/ton, confirm the validity window, and check whether the producer has stock before assuming the new level is sellable.
Fell 43.27% to CNY 198,000/ton, weekly -42.28% — the whole decline is one week old, a fresh producer repricing rather than an old trend. A 43% print on a thin composite needs an executable quote behind it before it becomes a sourcing decision.
3-Dimethylaminopropylamine rose 34.28% to CNY 190,000/ton from CNY 141,500/ton — the largest genuine up-print on the fine shelf proper, with the weekly clock (+20.68%) smaller than the day and the monthly (+9.91%) smaller still: a level that has been climbing for a month and stepped up again. DMAPA is a real volume amine, not a corner of the specialty shelf — made from dimethylamine and acrylonitrile, and consumed in betaine surfactants (cocamidopropyl betaine), water-treatment chemicals, personal-care formulations and epoxy curing agents. A 34% step in a workhorse amine is a supply event worth a supplier conversation: ask whether the driver is dimethylamine availability, an operating-rate cut, or a contract re-quote. The shelf around it partially agrees —
ethyl diphenylphosphinite +61.90% to CNY 85,000 (weekly +44.83%, monthly +34.21%) is the fine shelf's other big confirmed bid, and
1-propoxy-2-propanol +25.17% to CNY 16,000 re-marked up with a same-sign weekly clock — but these are different chains, so the pattern is a broad producer re-quote cycle on small-volume amines, ethers and phosphorus intermediates rather than one demand shock. Meanwhile the
downside of the same shelf is real:
tetrabromobisphenol A -37.04% to CNY 25,500 (weekly -33.60%) and
tetrahydrofuran -11.96% to CNY 17,167. Two-sided re-marking inside one book is the signature of individual producer resets, and it is why the three-clock test, not the raw leaderboard, is the watchlist.
Rose 34.28% to CNY 190,000/ton, weekly +20.68%, monthly +9.91% — a workhorse amine stepping up for a month, not a one-day artefact. Ask the supplier for the driver: dimethylamine availability, operating rate, or contract re-quote.
Basic Chemicals
Basic Chemicals: 350 lines, 73 moved (30 up / 43 down), 23 genuine prints at 1% or more. Friday's bulk shelf extends the crude pass-through into a third session: 277 of 350 lines stayed frozen, and the movers concentrate in the aromatics and polyester chains that track the barrel, while the acids, caustic and chlor-alkali anchors stay flat.
| Product |
CAS |
Price |
Daily |
Weekly |
Monthly |
| Mineral oil prices (base event) |
8042-47-5 |
40,750 |
328.95% |
-15.1% |
-18.16% |
| Boron trichloride prices (base event) |
10294-34-5 |
64 CNY/kg |
64.1% |
-21.67% |
-6% |
| Calcium aluminate powder prices (base event) |
– |
800 |
-33.33% |
0% |
-4.92% |
| Aluminum hydroxide prices (base event) |
21645-51-2 |
3,500 |
20.69% |
-1.6% |
7.92% |
| Ethylstyrene prices (base event) |
28106-30-1 |
28,750 |
-20.14% |
10.09% |
7.38% |
| Isobutylene prices (base event) |
115-11-7 |
17,500 |
19.86% |
-7.1% |
12.11% |
| Sulfonated kerosene prices (base event) |
– |
10,875 |
18.85% |
3.51% |
-2.03% |
| Isoamyl alcohol prices (base event) |
123-51-3 |
12,000 |
-15.79% |
3.13% |
-7.17% |
| Tetradecane prices (base event) |
629-59-4 |
20,100 |
11.67% |
-7.46% |
-5.04% |
| Tert-Butyl peroxybenzoate prices (base event) |
614-45-9 |
31,250 |
11.61% |
2.22% |
-1.45% |
| Aluminum metaphosphate prices |
13776-88-0 |
42,000 |
-11.58% |
-4.63% |
-2.37% |
| PX prices |
– |
9,800 |
-6.67% |
-2.86% |
-0.85% |
| P-Xylene prices |
106-42-3 |
9,800 |
-6.67% |
-1.33% |
-0.62% |
| Toluene prices |
108-88-3 |
7,767 |
-6.42% |
-6.86% |
-5.95% |
| Lauryl methacrylate prices |
142-90-5 |
38,000 |
-5% |
-2% |
-0.84% |
| Lithium carbonate prices |
554-13-2 |
94,500 |
4.42% |
-2.3% |
-13.27% |
| Xylene prices |
1330-20-7 |
8,000 |
-4.11% |
-4.81% |
-3.31% |
| 2-butanone prices |
78-93-3 |
8,900 |
-3.96% |
-1.69% |
-1.96% |
| Benzene prices |
71-43-2 |
8,337 |
-3.84% |
-12.55% |
-12.21% |
| 4,4'-Oxydianiline prices |
101-80-4 |
95,000 |
3.83% |
-0.13% |
-0.02% |
| Elastomer 210/220 prices |
– |
12,900 |
-3.73% |
3.68% |
4.31% |
| No. 120 Solvent Naphtha prices |
– |
8,000 |
3.67% |
3.47% |
4.74% |
| Iodine prices |
12190-71-5 |
630,000 |
3.53% |
5.13% |
0.7% |
| Pyrvinium pamoate prices |
3546-41-6 |
11,200 |
-3.03% |
1.73% |
8.11% |
| Tetrachloroethylene prices |
127-18-4 |
3,106 |
-2.85% |
-0.26% |
-2.18% |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene prices |
95-63-6 |
13,550 |
2.78% |
-0.6% |
-3.08% |
| Cyclohexanone prices |
108-94-1 |
10,600 |
-2.75% |
-3.55% |
-1.47% |
| 1,3-Butadiene prices |
106-99-0 |
14,533 |
-2.68% |
3.49% |
7.92% |
| Cobalt prices |
7440-48-4 |
236,600 |
2.42% |
5.69% |
-7.22% |
| Octane prices |
111-65-9 |
10,500 |
2.27% |
-1.89% |
-0.25% |
| Polyester FDY prices |
– |
9,437 |
-2.08% |
-1.11% |
-1.25% |
| Ethylene glycol prices |
107-21-1 |
5,708 |
1.98% |
-0.88% |
-4.94% |
| Solvent naphtha prices |
64742-94-5 |
7,525 |
-1.85% |
-2.59% |
-0.47% |
| Methanol prices |
67-56-1 |
3,760 |
1.84% |
-3.68% |
-8.67% |
| Propylene prices |
115-07-1 |
11,501 |
1.77% |
0.76% |
10.26% |
| Nickel sulfate prices |
7786-81-4 |
31,167 |
-1.76% |
-0.16% |
0.14% |
| Polyester Drawn Textured Yarn (DTY) prices |
– |
10,358 |
-1.74% |
-1.41% |
-1.27% |
| 1-Butanol prices |
71-36-3 |
8,667 |
-1.51% |
3.39% |
3.01% |
| Propionic acid prices |
79-09-4 |
5,871 |
1.47% |
1.93% |
0.09% |
| Nickel prices |
7440-02-0 |
124,183 |
1.47% |
1.24% |
0.19% |
| Allyl methacrylate prices |
96-05-9 |
34,500 |
1.47% |
-0.31% |
-0.11% |
| PET prices |
– |
8,351 |
-1.4% |
-3.85% |
-2.38% |
| Tert-Butyl methyl ether prices |
1634-04-4 |
7,438 |
-1.33% |
-6.35% |
-5.99% |
| Isooctanol prices |
26952-21-6 |
10,167 |
-1.29% |
0.96% |
8.05% |
| Acetone prices |
67-64-1 |
8,508 |
1.13% |
-1.78% |
2.56% |
| Phthalic anhydride prices |
85-44-9 |
10,517 |
-1.09% |
-0.76% |
2% |
| Styrene prices |
100-42-5 |
10,170 |
-1.07% |
-7.03% |
-3.37% |
| Hydrogen peroxide prices |
7722-84-1 |
677 |
1.04% |
-3.3% |
-5.34% |
| Fully refined paraffin wax prices |
– |
9,800 |
1.03% |
0% |
-0.02% |
| Sulfur prices |
7704-34-9 |
5,274 |
-0.94% |
-3.71% |
-20.47% |
| Dioctyl terephthalate prices |
6422-86-2 |
11,000 |
-0.9% |
2.38% |
4.67% |
| Propylene oxide prices |
75-56-9 |
11,500 |
-0.86% |
0.41% |
4.38% |
| Phenol prices |
108-95-2 |
9,300 |
-0.8% |
-3.41% |
2.02% |
| Acetic acid prices |
64-19-7 |
4,167 |
-0.79% |
-4.3% |
-8.56% |
| Calcium carbide prices |
75-20-7 |
2,510 |
-0.79% |
-0.12% |
-2.51% |
| Styrene Butadiene Rubber prices |
9003-55-8 |
16,058 |
-0.77% |
-2.21% |
0.16% |
| Formaldehyde prices |
50-00-0 |
1,720 |
-0.75% |
-3.51% |
-3.13% |
| Praseodymium oxide prices |
12037-29-5 |
727,500 |
-0.68% |
-1.79% |
-3.45% |
| Borax prices |
1303-96-4 |
6,380 |
-0.62% |
-1.63% |
-3.12% |
| Ethyl acetate prices |
141-78-6 |
6,987 |
-0.61% |
-0.85% |
0.16% |
| Dibutyl phthalate prices |
84-74-2 |
11,035 |
-0.59% |
3.5% |
5.74% |
| Heavy pure alkali prices |
– |
1,042 |
-0.57% |
-1.42% |
-1.87% |
| Dysprosium prices |
7429-91-6 |
1,980,000 |
0.51% |
1.09% |
0.88% |
| Terephthalic acid prices |
100-21-0 |
6,556 |
0.49% |
-6.86% |
-6.52% |
| Potassium carbonate granules prices |
– |
6,800 |
0.49% |
-0.23% |
-1.5% |
| Isobutyraldehyde prices |
78-84-2 |
7,667 |
-0.43% |
-3.84% |
-6.1% |
| N-methyl-N-phenylguanidine prices |
12033-49-7 |
1,493 |
0.4% |
1.99% |
7.93% |
| Toluylene diisocyanate prices |
1026296-29-6 |
17,200 |
0.39% |
-0.41% |
-2.92% |
| Dioctyl phthalate prices |
117-81-7 |
11,251 |
-0.29% |
2.66% |
5.27% |
| Sodium tetraborate pentahydrate prices |
12179-04-3 |
8,750 |
0% |
35.1% |
40.07% |
| Diketene prices |
674-82-8 |
7,500 |
0% |
-18.92% |
-25% |
| Calcium borate prices |
13701-64-9 |
17,200 |
0% |
18.42% |
102.21% |
| Calcium sulfide prices |
20548-54-3 |
7,500 |
0% |
16.73% |
87.22% |
| Liquid argon prices |
7440-37-1 |
1,850 |
0% |
13.29% |
104.42% |
| Acrylonitrile prices |
107-13-1 |
12,533 |
0% |
11.64% |
13.88% |
| Diethylene glycol prices |
111-46-6 |
7,240 |
0% |
-11.02% |
2.78% |
| Formic acid prices |
64-18-6 |
2,600 |
0% |
7.71% |
20.26% |
| Lithium hydroxide prices |
1310-65-2 |
71,000 |
0% |
-7.42% |
-18.61% |
| Hydrogen fluoride prices |
7664-39-3 |
17,383 |
0% |
5.99% |
5.24% |
| Caustic Soda prices |
68988-74-9 |
568 |
0% |
-5.14% |
-8.29% |
| Caprolactam prices |
105-60-2 |
13,237 |
0% |
-4.33% |
-4.64% |
| Cryolite prices |
15096-52-3 |
8,775 |
0% |
4.21% |
5.39% |
| Acrylic acid prices |
79-10-7 |
9,500 |
0% |
4.14% |
7.2% |
| Dichloromethane prices |
75-09-2 |
3,270 |
0% |
3.51% |
8.35% |
| Bromacil lithium salt prices |
7726-95-6 |
44,100 |
0% |
2.85% |
5.69% |
| Sulfuric acid prices |
7664-93-9 |
1,485 |
0% |
-2.73% |
-7.05% |
| Bisphenol A prices |
80-05-7 |
11,510 |
0% |
2.32% |
2.33% |
| Heptane prices |
142-82-5 |
16,900 |
0% |
2.18% |
2.45% |
| Sodium hydroxide prices |
1310-73-2 |
2,487 |
0% |
-2.04% |
-2.42% |
| Hydrochloric acid prices |
7647-01-0 |
178 |
0% |
-1.65% |
-4.79% |
| Propane prices |
74-98-6 |
6,150 |
0% |
1.63% |
1.1% |
| Propylene glycol prices |
57-55-6 |
9,250 |
0% |
-1.41% |
-1.37% |
| Epichlorohydrin prices |
106-89-8 |
11,400 |
0% |
1.28% |
1.12% |
| Polystyrene prices |
9003-53-6 |
12,567 |
0% |
0.57% |
6.64% |
| 1,4-Butanediol prices |
110-63-4 |
10,375 |
0% |
0.36% |
0.87% |
| Chloroform prices |
67-66-3 |
2,633 |
0% |
0.34% |
4.03% |
| Aniline prices |
62-53-3 |
16,600 |
0% |
0% |
4.4% |
| Cyclohexane prices |
110-82-7 |
7,500 |
0% |
0% |
3.11% |
| Ethylene Oxide prices |
75-21-8 |
9,700 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Zinc oxide prices |
1314-13-2 |
38,000 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
The aromatics chain fell for a third session, and the clocks say it is still transmitting.
Benzene -3.84% to CNY 8,337/ton (weekly -12.55%, monthly -12.21%),
toluene -6.42% to CNY 7,767/ton (weekly -6.86%, monthly -5.95%),
p-xylene -6.67% to CNY 9,800/ton,
xylene -4.11% to CNY 8,000/ton and
styrene -1.07% to CNY 10,170/ton all conceded again with same-sign longer clocks — benzene's monthly clock is now negative by double digits on both measures, the deepest trend print on the bulk shelf. The polyester legs follow:
PET -1.40% to CNY 8,351,
polyester FDY -2.08% and
DTY -1.74%, with
2-butanone -3.96%,
MTBE -1.33% (weekly -6.35%) and
cyclohexanone -2.75% rounding out a solvents-and-intermediates concession. The sizes are still partial against a barrel that lost 12.76–16.42% for the week, which leaves room for more — but note the second-derivative: Friday's benzene step (-3.84%) is half Thursday's (-6.80%), a pass-through decelerating, not accelerating.
The genuine up-prints are metals, iodine and a solvent — none of them reading the crude.
Iodine +3.53% to CNY 630,000/ton (weekly +5.13%),
cobalt +2.42% to CNY 236,600/ton and
nickel +1.47% to CNY 124,183/ton are the metals' own cycle;
No. 120 solvent naphtha +3.67% to CNY 8,000/ton (weekly +3.47%, monthly +4.74%) is the one energy-linked exception;
propylene +1.77% carries a +10.26% monthly clock.
Aluminum metaphosphate -11.58% to CNY 42,000/ton is the shelf's largest genuine decline outside aromatics. One feed addition matters for the battery chain:
lithium carbonate re-entered the library at CNY 94,500/ton (+4.42% on the day, monthly -13.27%) — a fresh row whose daily bounce sits inside a negative month, printed as a base event until its clocks align. Watch it against the 8 November licensing start rather than the day move.
The round-trip ledger closed Thursday's score, and the source itself corrected one of our (base event) rows. Of 52 large prints that snapped back exactly to their 11/04 published level, the two that matter to readers of this series are
triethylenediamine -38.18% to CNY 17,525/ton and
ethylstyrene -20.14% to CNY 28,750/ton — Thursday's and Wednesday's confirmed headline gains, both now erased to the very cent.
Butyric acid +50.00% to CNY 11,250/ton retraced more than all of Thursday's -25.00%, finishing above the CNY 10,000 level it fell from; its daily and weekly clocks disagree, so it prints as a base event. The unconfirmed leaderboard is loud but untradeable:
Padimate +807.41% to CNY 980,000/ton (weekly +40.12% — the arithmetic does not close),
mineral oil +328.95% to CNY 40,750/ton,
sclareol -97.37% to CNY 21,300/ton (weekly +93.68%),
boron trichloride +64.10% to CNY 64/kg. And the hygiene note: last export's phenol line printed
-27.32% to CNY 7,050; the source has since restated Thursday's close at
CNY 9,375, and Friday's print is
-0.80% to CNY 9,300. The
(base event) tag on that row was the right call — and a reason to keep carrying a two-day history.
What the frozen shelf means for a buyer. With 277 of 350 basic lines unchanged, the actionable list is short: re-quote the aromatics and polyester lines that are still absorbing the barrel's worst week since 2020, and ask lithium and electrolyte suppliers for licence status before the 8 November per-shipment requirement takes effect. Across the full library
111 frozen quotes still carry a weekly drift of at least 5% and
28 frozen quotes carry a monthly premium of at least 8% with a flat week — the quiet risk in a 88.5%-frozen feed is not the 309 movers, it is the lines that have not re-quoted yet but whose week and month say they should.
Fine Chemicals
Fine Chemicals: 2,217 lines, 197 moved (106 up / 91 down); 49 genuine prints at 1% or more, and 92 double-digit daily changes of which only 14 survive confirmation. The session's real story: a mostly frozen specialty book re-quoted hard in both directions, while Thursday's false leaderboard — the names that survived one confirmation — finished unwinding.
| Product |
CAS |
Price |
Daily |
Weekly |
Monthly |
| Padimate prices (base event) |
21245-01-2 |
980,000 |
807.41% |
40.12% |
17.09% |
| 1,5-Diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene prices (base event) |
3001-72-7 |
271,500 |
531.4% |
-33.66% |
-25.28% |
| 2,2-Bis(methylthio)propane prices (base event) |
6156-18-9 |
59,000 |
227.78% |
27.52% |
-2.11% |
| Diethylene glycol divinyl ether prices (base event) |
764-99-8 |
37,333 |
128.57% |
11.2% |
-17.65% |
| Sclareol prices (base event) |
515-03-7 |
21,300 |
-97.37% |
93.68% |
-3.87% |
| 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate prices (base event) |
174501-65-6 |
305,000 |
90.63% |
13.3% |
-5.85% |
| 1,1,1-Trimethoxypropane prices (base event) |
24823-81-2 |
12,000 |
-85.19% |
0% |
-20.79% |
| 1,6-Hexanediol diacrylate prices (base event) |
13048-33-4 |
27,000 |
68.75% |
10.78% |
-4.9% |
| Tert-Butyl acetoacetate prices (base event) |
1694-31-1 |
28,500 |
67.65% |
10.65% |
-6.11% |
| Tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphate prices (base event) |
10497-05-9 |
70,000 |
-66.67% |
-26.67% |
-15.38% |
| 2,3-Dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranol prices (base event) |
1563-38-8 |
19,500 |
-62.86% |
9.66% |
1.8% |
| Ethyl diphenylphosphinite prices |
719-80-2 |
85,000 |
61.9% |
44.83% |
34.21% |
| Methylcyclopentadiene dimer prices (base event) |
26472-00-4 |
8,500 |
-60.92% |
19.2% |
-5.09% |
| Lambda-cyhalothric acid prices (base event) |
72748-35-7 |
140,000 |
60.09% |
100.31% |
52.79% |
| N-Phenylmaleimide prices (base event) |
941-69-5 |
36,000 |
-55.28% |
16.54% |
-3.23% |
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene prices (base event) |
541-73-1 |
23,667 |
54.35% |
7.89% |
2.81% |
| Vinylmagnesium chloride prices (base event) |
3536-96-7 |
26,000 |
-53.15% |
15.61% |
-1.18% |
| 2-Bromo-4-fluoroaniline prices (base event) |
1003-98-1 |
155,000 |
51.22% |
20.49% |
9.29% |
| Polypropylene glycol diamine prices (base event) |
9046-10-0 |
14,000 |
-50.88% |
-20.35% |
-11.33% |
| Butyric Acid prices (base event) |
107-92-6 |
11,250 |
50% |
-24.47% |
-6.31% |
| Dibutyl phosphate prices (base event) |
107-66-4 |
23,000 |
-49.45% |
-19.78% |
-9.32% |
| 2-Fluorotoluene prices (base event) |
95-52-3 |
18,000 |
-48.57% |
4.02% |
3.37% |
| Isophthalonitrile prices (base event) |
626-17-5 |
40,500 |
47.27% |
-9.44% |
-7.67% |
| Diphenylphosphine oxide prices (base event) |
4559-70-0 |
125,000 |
-45.65% |
33.6% |
20.14% |
| 5-Hydroxyisophthalic acid prices |
618-83-7 |
198,000 |
-43.27% |
-42.28% |
-42.28% |
| 4-Aminothiophenol prices (base event) |
1193-02-8 |
350,000 |
-41.67% |
11.11% |
-2.3% |
| Methyl 2-(aminosulfonyl)benzoate prices (base event) |
57683-71-3 |
21,000 |
-40.85% |
-16.34% |
-8.9% |
| 4-Chlorobutanoic acid prices (base event) |
627-00-9 |
350,000 |
40% |
-6.45% |
2.35% |
| Triethylenediamine prices (base event) |
280-57-9 |
17,525 |
-38.18% |
17.73% |
10.11% |
| P-Toluenesulfonyl Isocyanate prices (base event) |
4083-64-1 |
235,000 |
-38.16% |
24.68% |
15.2% |
| Tetrabromobisphenol A prices |
79-94-7 |
25,500 |
-37.04% |
-33.6% |
-5.25% |
| Tetrasodium iminodisuccinate prices (base event) |
144538-83-0 |
22,600 |
36.56% |
-6% |
-3.8% |
| Benzyltrimethylammonium chloride prices (base event) |
56-93-9 |
22,500 |
36.36% |
-29.47% |
-10.67% |
| 3-Dimethylaminopropylamine prices |
109-55-7 |
190,000 |
34.28% |
20.68% |
9.91% |
| 2,3-Dihydrofuran prices (base event) |
1191-99-7 |
160,000 |
33.33% |
4.62% |
2.76% |
| Polyethyleneimine prices (base event) |
9002-98-6 |
185,000 |
32.14% |
5.7% |
-2.77% |
| N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide prices (base event) |
110-26-9 |
50,000 |
31.58% |
6.32% |
6.32% |
| N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide prices (base event) |
134-62-3 |
19,800 |
-31.49% |
-20.9% |
-5.13% |
| 2-Naphthol prices (base event) |
135-19-3 |
150,100 |
30.44% |
236.77% |
26.47% |
| 1,2-Diformyloxyethane prices (base event) |
629-15-2 |
12,000 |
-27.27% |
-10.91% |
-4.85% |
| 1-Bromopropane prices (base event) |
106-94-5 |
35,500 |
26.79% |
8.55% |
-1.58% |
| 2-amino-3,5-dibromobenzaldehyde prices (base event) |
50910-55-9 |
175,000 |
-26.32% |
6.25% |
-0.52% |
| Benzotrifluoride prices (base event) |
98-08-8 |
20,000 |
-25.93% |
-6% |
-3.52% |
| 1,4-Bis(methoxymethyl)benzene prices (base event) |
6770-38-3 |
65,000 |
-25.71% |
6.08% |
-1.33% |
| Sodium cyanate prices (base event) |
917-61-3 |
11,500 |
25.68% |
-4.09% |
-1.2% |
| 1-Propoxy-2-propanol prices |
1569-01-3 |
16,000 |
25.17% |
12.23% |
8.27% |
| EP (epoxy resin) prices (base event) |
38891-59-7 |
53,750 |
25% |
-8% |
-5.64% |
| 3,4-Dichlorobenzotrifluoride prices (base event) |
328-84-7 |
18,000 |
-24.69% |
-9.87% |
-4.36% |
| Dichlorophenylphosphine prices (base event) |
644-97-3 |
19,500 |
-24.27% |
-9.71% |
-5.4% |
| 1-Bromooctadecane prices (base event) |
112-89-0 |
63,000 |
23.53% |
4.3% |
-2.14% |
| S-(+)-2-Amino-1-propanol prices (base event) |
2749-11-3 |
48,000 |
23.08% |
-1.48% |
4.41% |
| 3-Hydroxybenzoic acid prices (base event) |
99-06-9 |
19,275 |
-22.9% |
0.74% |
4.99% |
| Trimethyl phosphate prices (base event) |
512-56-1 |
24,500 |
-21.81% |
7.09% |
1.18% |
| Trimesoyl chloride prices (base event) |
4422-95-1 |
1,025,000 |
20.59% |
-6.83% |
-4.66% |
| 2,4-Dichlorotoluene prices (base event) |
95-73-8 |
6,600 |
-20.48% |
-8.19% |
-4.27% |
| Melamine cyanurate prices (base event) |
37640-57-6 |
10,150 |
19.41% |
3.6% |
-0.67% |
| Verdyl acetate prices (base event) |
5413-60-5 |
17,000 |
-19.05% |
-3% |
-1.55% |
| 2,2,2-Trifluoroethylamine hydrochloride prices (base event) |
373-88-6 |
325,000 |
-18.75% |
15.92% |
6.64% |
| 2-Allyloxyethanol prices (base event) |
111-45-5 |
45,000 |
-18.18% |
-7.27% |
-3.77% |
| Cyclopentyl methyl ether prices (base event) |
5614-37-9 |
37,333 |
-18.13% |
3.39% |
-0.54% |
| 4-Chlorobenzonitrile prices (base event) |
623-03-0 |
29,333 |
17.33% |
0.97% |
-0.42% |
| Cysteamine hydrochloride prices (base event) |
156-57-0 |
46,000 |
-16.36% |
-3.5% |
1.96% |
| 3,4-(Methylenedioxy)phenylacetonitrile prices (base event) |
4439-02-5 |
173,333 |
-15.45% |
6.91% |
15.04% |
| 3-Nitrobenzoic acid prices (base event) |
121-92-6 |
36,325 |
-15.28% |
18.01% |
6.02% |
| 1,3-Cyclohexanebis(methylamine) prices (base event) |
2579-20-6 |
59,750 |
13.81% |
2.62% |
-0.84% |
| Aminoacetonitrile hydrochloride prices (base event) |
6011-14-9 |
49,350 |
12.93% |
-4.58% |
-3.1% |
| Tetrahydrofuran prices |
24979-97-3 |
17,167 |
-11.96% |
-0.52% |
-3.01% |
| 3-Chloro-1-propanol prices (base event) |
627-30-5 |
163,500 |
11.22% |
-4.04% |
-2.63% |
| Tetradecyl benzoate prices |
70682-72-3 |
21,750 |
-7.45% |
-0.43% |
-0.13% |
| 3-Chloro-1,2-propanediol prices |
96-24-2 |
24,000 |
6.79% |
-12.42% |
-0.53% |
| 1,8-Diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene prices (base event) |
6674-22-2 |
89,500 |
6.55% |
-2.46% |
-1.32% |
| Di-n-butyl ether prices |
142-96-1 |
27,975 |
-6.48% |
7.11% |
-0.46% |
| Sebacic acid prices (base event) |
111-20-6 |
27,900 |
-6.38% |
-8.4% |
-1.52% |
| Allyl glycidyl ether prices (base event) |
106-92-3 |
28,000 |
5.66% |
-1.09% |
0.26% |
| Castor oil prices |
8001-79-4 |
15,500 |
-3.13% |
-0.45% |
6.18% |
| 4-Methoxyphenol prices |
150-76-5 |
59,160 |
1.21% |
-7.6% |
-2.27% |
| 2-Ethoxyethyl ether prices |
112-36-7 |
26,300 |
-0.23% |
-12.58% |
-2.99% |
| 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl chloride prices |
938-18-1 |
38,000 |
0% |
41.19% |
13.85% |
| N,N-Dimethyloctadecylamine prices |
124-28-7 |
35,000 |
0% |
-31.76% |
-8.49% |
| 1,4-Butanediol dimethacrylate prices |
2082-81-7 |
47,000 |
0% |
-24.91% |
-9.55% |
| Ammonium acetate prices |
631-61-8 |
4,550 |
0% |
21.08% |
0.97% |
| Lithium sulfate prices |
10377-48-7 |
81,000 |
0% |
18.97% |
4.92% |
| Diethanolisopropanolamine prices |
6712-98-7 |
8,938 |
0% |
-18.83% |
-10.77% |
| Resorcinol diglycidyl ether prices |
101-90-6 |
100,000 |
0% |
17.72% |
6.11% |
| Potassium sorbate prices |
24634-61-5 |
15,100 |
0% |
-17.5% |
-7.24% |
| 1,3-Propanediol prices |
504-63-2 |
26,000 |
0% |
-12.61% |
-5.81% |
| P-Toluidine prices |
106-49-0 |
13,100 |
0% |
-12.08% |
-3.29% |
| Ammonium sulfamate prices |
7773-06-0 |
7,000 |
0% |
-9.95% |
-5.84% |
| Trimethyl borate prices |
121-43-7 |
13,250 |
0% |
8.07% |
5.24% |
| 1,2-hexanediol prices |
6920-22-5 |
75,667 |
0% |
7.08% |
0.96% |
| Tosyl chloride prices |
98-59-9 |
11,500 |
0% |
-6.4% |
-15.62% |
| Phenylhydrazine prices |
100-63-0 |
80,000 |
0% |
-6.25% |
-4.1% |
| (-)-Camphorsulfonic acid prices |
35963-20-3 |
209,333 |
0% |
-6.06% |
-0.38% |
| M-Toluidine prices |
108-44-1 |
11,000 |
0% |
-4.93% |
-9.87% |
| 4-Aminophenol prices |
123-30-8 |
17,950 |
0% |
4.55% |
1.16% |
| Pivalic acid prices |
75-98-9 |
18,633 |
0% |
3.65% |
4.41% |
| Acrylamide prices |
79-06-1 |
11,233 |
0% |
3.28% |
7.17% |
| Hypophosphorous acid prices |
6303-21-5 |
22,025 |
0% |
-2.61% |
-3.97% |
| Glyoxylic acid prices |
298-12-4 |
6,000 |
0% |
-1.62% |
-1.59% |
| Diisopropanolamine prices |
110-97-4 |
17,167 |
0% |
1.47% |
0.84% |
Three clocks aligned on both sides of the shelf. The largest confirmed prints are
poly(vinyl methyl ether) +88.57% (card one),
ethyl diphenylphosphinite +61.90% to CNY 85,000 (weekly +44.83%, monthly +34.21%),
3-dimethylaminopropylamine +34.28% (card three),
1-propoxy-2-propanol +25.17% to CNY 16,000 (weekly +12.23%) and
3,4-difluorobenzonitrile +18.13% to CNY 97,750 (weekly +14.89%); on the downside
5-hydroxyisophthalic acid -43.27% (card two),
tetrabromobisphenol A -37.04% to CNY 25,500 (weekly -33.60%),
tetrahydrofuran -11.96% to CNY 17,167,
dibasic ester DBE -9.31% to CNY 6,500 (weekly -19.05%, monthly -22.10%) and
diphenyl phosphite -9.09% to CNY 25,000. Note the phosphorus pair: the phosphinite rose 62% the same day the phosphite fell 9% — two grades, two producers, two clocks. A specialty shelf that re-marks an amine, two ethers and a fluoronitrile up while a diacid, a brominated resin intermediate and a solvent concede is a batch producer re-quote cycle, not a demand shock. The TBBPA decline is the one with trend behind it: a flame-retardant intermediate conceding a third of its level in a week, with the monthly clock just turning.
The second tier is smaller and mostly downward.
Teflubenzuron -5.26% to CNY 45,000,
ethyl lactate -5.08% to CNY 14,000,
emulsifier OP-10 -4.99% to CNY 8,900,
2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene -3.85% to CNY 12,500 and
salicylhydroxamic acid -3.30% to CNY 44,000 are same-sign declines. On the up side
methyl cinnamate +15.61% to CNY 50,000,
phenthiazine +13.67% to CNY 34,100 (weekly +15.83%, monthly +15.83% — the cleanest aligned clocks on the shelf),
calcium formate +14.29% to CNY 3,200 and
di-n-octyl phthalate +11.68% to CNY 11,075 are the confirmed prints;
tween 80 +11.11% carries a -21.90% monthly clock, so treat its day as a bounce inside a falling trend. On almost every line the daily change runs ahead of the weekly — step re-quotes, not continuous markets, and the weekly clock remains the better measure of the real move.
The rejection ledger is the weekly lesson. Of 113 double-digit daily changes across the library, 97 fail confirmation and 16 survive.
Padimate +807.41% to CNY 980,000/ton — the same line that swung +403.70%, then -80.15% in the two previous exports — now claims a weekly clock of +40.12% that cannot reconcile with a 7.5x daily move.
Sclareol -97.37% to CNY 21,300/ton (weekly +93.68%),
1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene +531.40% back to CNY 271,500/ton, the unconfirmed vinyl-ether family and the +10–11% paraffin prints (heptadecane, hexadecane, octadecane, all with negative weekly clocks) are the rest of the noise.
52 lines returned exactly to their 11/04 published level, including two of the three names this series led with on Thursday. The lesson is not that the filter failed — every one of today's round-trips was taggable — it is that on thin producer composites, confirmation is necessary but not sufficient: a spike that survives one session can still be a quote artefact. Wait for the weekly close before you build a position on a fine-shelf print.
Frozen drift and a shrinking library. Across all 2,689 lines, 111 frozen quotes still carry a weekly drift of at least 5% and 28 carry a monthly premium of at least 8% with a flat week. This export is also smaller than Thursday's: 2,689 lines against 2,851, with 2,217 fine-chemical rows against 2,404 — the source re-curates the shelf daily, so a quote can disappear as well as move. If you source off this sheet, snapshot your lines; a level that vanishes from the feed is not a level you can still buy. The filter discipline is unchanged: first same-sign day/week/month agreement, then new-level-not-restoration, then magnitude. Applied to Friday that reduces 309 movers to 79 genuine prints at 1% or more — a far more useful watchlist than the raw leaderboard.
Energy, Rubber, Plastics and Other
Energy, Rubber, Plastics and Other: 122 lines, 39 moved (17 up / 22 down). This is the shelf where the week's two-tape story ended: the catch-up completed, the gap closed in the right direction.
| Product |
CAS |
Price |
Daily |
Weekly |
Monthly |
| Poly(n-butyl vinyl ether) prices (base event) |
92680-80-3 |
38,000 |
160.27% |
17.16% |
8.07% |
| Poly(ethyl vinyl ether) prices (base event) |
25104-37-4 |
59,000 |
120.15% |
13.86% |
6.62% |
| Poly(vinyl methyl ether) prices |
9003-09-2 |
198,000 |
88.57% |
109.83% |
47.59% |
| 2,2'-[(1-Methylethylidene)bis[(dibromo-4,1-phenylene)oxymethylene]]bis[oxirane]-4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[2,6-dibromophenol] copolymer prices (base event) |
68928-70-1 |
76,000 |
80.95% |
-11.18% |
-11.18% |
| D60 prices (base event) |
– |
8,725 |
25% |
0% |
3.26% |
| Dioctyl decanedioate prices (base event) |
2432-87-3 |
17,500 |
-19.54% |
6.44% |
7.62% |
| Polyvinyl chloride prices (base event) |
93050-82-9 |
5,200 |
-18.11% |
3.58% |
6.63% |
| Octadecane prices (base event) |
593-45-3 |
20,000 |
11.11% |
-7.91% |
-4.82% |
| Heptadecane prices (base event) |
629-78-7 |
19,900 |
10.56% |
-6.82% |
-4.09% |
| Hexadecane prices (base event) |
544-76-3 |
19,900 |
10.56% |
-6.44% |
-4.58% |
| WTI Crude Oil prices |
– |
91 USD/bbl |
3.41% |
-7.84% |
-1.04% |
| Brent Crude Oil prices |
– |
98 USD/bbl |
3.16% |
-8.93% |
-3.74% |
| EPS prices |
96597-16-9 |
11,156 |
-2.19% |
-6.27% |
-2.59% |
| Natural Rubber prices |
9006-04-6 |
18,250 |
-2.06% |
-2.33% |
-3.75% |
| ABS prices |
– |
12,083 |
-2.03% |
-3.18% |
3.58% |
| Diisononyl phthalate prices |
28553-12-0 |
10,400 |
-1.89% |
4.54% |
6.83% |
| PP powder prices |
– |
11,400 |
-1.72% |
3.16% |
9.59% |
| Asphalt prices |
8052-42-4 |
5,900 |
-1.67% |
-4.02% |
-2.1% |
| Homopolymer PP Granules prices |
– |
11,092 |
-1.38% |
1.8% |
7.74% |
| SBS rubber prices |
– |
14,600 |
-1.35% |
3.21% |
1.86% |
| Copolymer PP Granules prices |
– |
11,092 |
-1.33% |
2.09% |
7.27% |
| LDPE prices |
– |
12,500 |
-1.19% |
-0.39% |
1.63% |
| Gasoline prices |
– |
10,070 |
-1.06% |
-0.07% |
0.79% |
| PP Jingbo M800E prices |
– |
10,800 |
0.93% |
-0.19% |
-0.16% |
| Liquefied Natural Gas prices |
– |
7,314 |
-0.84% |
-1.26% |
11.98% |
| Liquefied petroleum ges prices |
68476-85-7 |
7,833 |
-0.79% |
0.11% |
-0.75% |
| LLDPE prices |
– |
10,275 |
-0.72% |
1.17% |
5.32% |
| Lecithin? prices |
97281-47-5 |
14,833 |
-0.67% |
-0.35% |
0.2% |
| Butyl rubber prices |
9010-85-9 |
31,867 |
0.63% |
1.78% |
3.58% |
| HDPE prices |
– |
11,263 |
0.56% |
1.42% |
3.63% |
| PVC Resin SG5 prices |
– |
4,955 |
0.51% |
-3.72% |
2.24% |
| Cajeput Oil prices |
– |
10,059 |
-0.44% |
1.2% |
4.72% |
| Naphtha (petroleum), light alkylate prices |
64741-66-8 |
8,700 |
-0.38% |
-7.28% |
-0.76% |
| Lead prices |
7439-92-1 |
16,075 |
0.31% |
-1.46% |
-0.89% |
| 2 Fuel Oil prices |
– |
8,038 |
-0.15% |
1.75% |
4.03% |
| Diisononyl phthalate prices |
68515-48-0 |
13,267 |
0% |
-17.95% |
-5.78% |
| Ferric nitrate nonahydrate prices |
7782-61-8 |
3,000 |
0% |
16.5% |
31.06% |
| 2D resin prices |
– |
7,500 |
0% |
11.11% |
48.13% |
| Lithium sulfide prices |
12136-58-2 |
50 CNY/kg |
0% |
11.11% |
21.95% |
| Kerosene prices |
– |
9,250 |
0% |
4.69% |
9.27% |
| Polyvinyl chloride prices |
9002-86-2 |
6,150 |
0% |
3.22% |
11.11% |
| Bioceramic pellets prices |
– |
667 |
0% |
-2.85% |
-3.42% |
| Oil material prices |
– |
8,350 |
0% |
-2.79% |
-3.44% |
| PA46 prices |
– |
88,500 |
0% |
2.58% |
2.58% |
| PET polyester bottle flakes prices |
– |
8,400 |
0% |
-2.43% |
-2.76% |
| Coking coal prices |
– |
2,174 |
0% |
-2.32% |
-2.45% |
| Pentabromotoluene prices |
26101-97-3 |
11,200 |
0% |
-1.72% |
-2.1% |
| Lithium Iron Phosphate Carbon Coated prices |
15365-14-7 |
46,667 |
0% |
-1.61% |
-6.45% |
| Silica prices |
10279-57-9 |
6,233 |
0% |
-1.51% |
-1.55% |
| Anthracite prices |
8029-10-5 |
1,575 |
0% |
-0.31% |
-1.37% |
| Baiyun Sand prices |
– |
450 |
0% |
0% |
80% |
The barrel: the lag is closed. On the tracked sheet
WTI rose 3.41% from USD 88 to USD 91/bbl (weekly -7.84%) and
Brent rose 3.16% from USD 95 to USD 98/bbl (weekly -8.93%). That is the domestic composite absorbing Wednesday-to-Thursday's offshore rebound and landing exactly on Friday's settlement — Xinhua reported WTI December closing
USD 90.83/bbl (+0.34%) and Brent January
USD 98.32/bbl (+0.03%) on the 6th, a second straight day of micro-gains. The weekly clocks on the tracked sheet (-7.84%/-8.93%) understate the Economic Daily's count of
-12.76% for WTI and -16.42% for Brent, the steepest weekly fall since 2020 — the tracked series re-quoted in steps and missed part of the mid-week break, which is precisely the kind of gap this column has spent three days chasing. With both tapes now at 91/98, the forward question is simple: whether the Gulf supply story (OPEC+ December output unchanged, Saudi-UAE-Iraq-Kuwait October exports +10% to above 15 million b/d) or the shipping-risk bid CCTV flagged sets next week's direction.
The rest of the energy book is small print and a frozen policy shelf.
D60 +25.00% to CNY 8,725/ton prints as a base event (flat weekly clock); the
paraffin alkanes heptadecane +10.56%, hexadecane +10.56% and octadecane +11.11% to CNY 19,900–20,000 all carry negative weekly clocks and fail the same-sign test. The genuine concessions are modest:
asphalt -1.67% to CNY 5,900,
gasoline -1.06% to CNY 10,170,
2 fuel oil -0.15%,
LPG -0.79%,
LNG -0.84% to CNY 7,314 (monthly +11.98%) and
naphtha -0.38%;
SC crude -0.16% and
thermal coal +0.29% are flat reads; kerosene sits frozen at CNY 9,250 with a +4.69% weekly clock. Plastics confirm the petrochemical drift:
EPS -2.19% to CNY 11,156 (weekly -6.27%),
natural rubber -2.06% to CNY 18,250,
ABS -2.03% to CNY 12,083 and
LDPE -1.19% to CNY 12,500. And the policy shelf has not moved: lithium iron phosphate carbon-coated at CNY 46,667/ton, lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate at CNY 160,000/ton and lithium bis(oxalato)borate at CNY 850,500/ton are printed frozen while the
8 November per-shipment licensing start is now tomorrow and the
10 November suspension expiry the day after. Buyers of LFP cathode, graphite anode and electrolyte salts should have licence status and delivery schedules confirmed this weekend; the quote will not warn you first.
Friday's closing read: the gap closed, the round-trips settled, and the genuine list is short. Of 2,689 tracked lines, 309 moved and 2,380 stayed frozen; of 113 double-digit changes, only 16 are genuine, and 52 lines returned exactly to their 11/04 published level — including two of the three names that led Thursday's board. The three prints worth a position conversation are the three-clock-aligned re-marks — poly(vinyl methyl ether) +88.57%, 3-dimethylaminopropylamine +34.28% and 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid -43.27% — with the acid the only one whose decline carries a full weekly trend behind it. The extremes — anything at +100% or below -80% — remain base events: sign/clock mismatch on a thin producer quote. Verify the quote before you trust the move.
For the contract book: the barrel's worst week since 2020 (WTI -12.76%, Brent -16.42% — Economic Daily) has now fully reached the tracked sheet (91/98, aligned with Xinhua's Friday settlement) and is on its third session through the aromatics chain (benzene -3.84% with a -12.55% week, toluene -6.42%, p-xylene -6.67%), though Friday's benzene step is half Thursday's — a pass-through decelerating. The compliance calendar is the weekend's real event: per-shipment licensing starts 8 November, Announcement No. 70's suspension expires 10 November, and the NDRC pump-price window on 12 November is expected to cut around CNY 280/ton (Xinhua Finance). Europe adds a demand-side marker: the Bank of England at 4.00% and EU storage near 75% against an 80% target.
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