Synthetic rubber futures pricing in general retreat

London – Synthetic rubber* futures pricing fell back during the trading week ended 7 Oct, led by styrene-butadiene rubber and fluoroelastomers which saw week-on-week declines of over 3%.

EPDM, halobutyl, polybutadiene and nitrile rubbers posted decreases of between 1% and 1.7% during the period, while butadiene prices fell 1.3% week-on-week following a steep fall registered the week before.

SBR prices posted the sharpest decline at 3.4%, followed by fluoroelastomers which fell 3% week-on-week, according to the latest ChemAnalyst data, collected 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.
Fluoroelastomers MV (25-61) FD Hamburg
Butadiene FD Hamburg