Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

London – ChemAnalyst data* for the trading week ended 6 Oct saw a decline in pricing for most rubber commodities, after a week of a fairly flat market development.

All commodities, bar butadiene monomer, saw week-on-week losses, with nitrile rubber registering the largest drop at 6.7% week-on-week.

Butadiene monomer, on the other hand, remained on a par with the previous week – after two weeks of strong gains.

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The compiled figures are from the following specific trading-points monitored by ChemAnalyst and may not be reflective of broader market trends:

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