There was a good amount of Polyethylene activity seen this week, building on recent momentum and seemingly only slowing due to the holiday. A sizable chunk of volume transacted across our platform, an indication that spot demand is healthy, at least in some market segments. Trading was well spread over commodity grades with HDPE Blow Mold and LLDPE film and injection standing out, while LDPE activity was more limited. PE producers have maintained... [More]

Polypropylene trading activity was somewhat unenthusiastic in the holiday-shortened week. Although our completed volumes were good, much of it was concentrated in a handful of CoPP and HoPP railcar transactions, while the typical truckload demand was a bit sparse. Still some Prime HoPP truckloads sold at seller’s asking prices. CoPP truckload supplies remain challenged, and when available, asking prices were quite elevated. The flow of offgrade r... [More]