Standard Thermoplastics Trend October 2019: Market mood remains gloomy / Buyers still holding back / Producers not always able to attain feedstock reference prices / Indications point to declining trend

Polyethylene September 2019: Most producers pass on cost reduction / Sales stimulated by bonus prospects and bottoming out of prices / Weak demand in October expected to dampen stabilisation as costs rise

Polypropylene September 2019: Producers succeed in partially retaining cost reduction / Supply shortage begins to affect prices / Slight consolidation expected in October

Styrenics September 2019: Prices continue to rise / Premiums mostly below the cost increase / Weak demand for polystyrene and ABS / No or only slight price movements in October

PET September 2019: Autumnal depression affects markets / Notations continue to slip / Picture is one of oversupply / No mood-lifting momentum in sight for October

PVC September 2019: Pro-rata cost reduction rapidly agreed / Production curtailments have no major consequences / Seasonal revival of demand turns out weak / Rises in October

Standard Thermoplastics Trend September 2019: Reductions move PE and PVC prices towards cost target / PP producers improve their margins / Styrenics follow SM reference upwards

Styrenics August 2019: Prices trend moderately upward / SM cost increase mostly passed on partially / Weak demand during peak holiday season / Further hikes in September

Polyethylene August 2019: Weak rollovers dominate despite small cost hike / Business a bit livelier but still slow / Lower ethylene reference for September points to price cuts

Polypropylene August 2019: Deep demand trough triggers rollover / Nowhere an impetus to buy / September C3 reference price plunges / Rebates certain

PET August 2019: Notations continue to give way / Demand still disappointing / More favourably priced imports / Little stimulus in sight for a market revival in September

PVC August 2019: Producers fail to price in higher costs / Rollovers dominate with just a few exceptions / Holiday season impacts market / Cost side points to price reductions

Standard Thermoplastics Trend August 2019: Sluggish demand puts damper on price increases / Most polymer notations oriented to costs / Little recognisable reason for change

Polyethylene July 2019: Fall in ethylene reference sets the pace / Buyers feel prices may have bottomed out / Low prices ease purchasing restraint / Mood remains tough / August expected to be quieter

Polypropylene July 2019: Cost relief passed on / Copolymer grades see steep hikes / Compounds move up a notch / August prices likely stable or firmer

Styrenics July 2019: Price erosion continues / Oversupply meets weak demand / Holidays dampen activities / Only slight recovery expected in August / Feedstock prices rise

PET July 2019: Notations continue to tumble / Heat wave in the last third stabilises situation / August tending stable to firmer

PVC July 2019: Producers' margins upped minimally / Slight production curtailments / Holiday season suppressing demand / Low volumes expected in August / Tough negotiations expected

Standard Thermoplastics Trend July 2019: Price cuts dominate picture / Cost reductions point the way downwards / Demand still too weak for trend turnaround / Holiday season about to start in Southern Europe

Styrenics June 2019: Notations plummet by three digits / Price correction after SM crash / Market characterised by oversupply and weak demand / Discounts expected in July