Styrene-butadiene rubber prices slide, EPDM recovers

London – Styrene-butadiene rubber prices posted a 4% decline during the trading week ended 30 Sept, according to the latest ChemAnalyst data.

Moving in the opposite direction though, EPDM pricing recovered from a two-week of downtrend, the market analysis firm's newly compiled figures weekly show.

Prices of nitrile rubbers gained slightly week-on-week while other synthetic rubber commodities remained flat over the one-week period, according to market watcher's report for ERJ.

*Synthetic rubber prices compiled exclusively for ERJ:
EPDM medium diene FOB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Halobutyl rubber BIIS CFR, Hamburg, Germany
Styrene butadiene rubber 1502 FD Wuppertal, Germany
Nitrile butadiene rubber 18-40% CFR, Hamburg, Germany
Polybutadiene rubber FOB, Hamburg, Germany.
Butadiene FD Hamburg