Phenol Weekly Report 20 March 2020

Weekly Price Trend: 16-03-2020 to 20-03-2020

• The above given graph focuses on the Phenol price trend for the current week.
• If we take a quick look at the above given week, prices reduced heavily like all other petrochemicals in global and domestic market.
• Prices were assessed at the level of Rs.69/Kg for bulk quantity, reduced by Rs.2/Kg for this week.

Booking Scenario

INDIA & INTERNATIONAL

• This week domestic phenol market prices were assessed around Rs.69/Kg for bulk quantity. Prices reduced significantly for this week.
• CFR India prices for this week were assessed in the range of USD 1010-1030/MTS, reduced by USD 40/MTS for this week.
• FOB Korea values for Benzene were assessed around USD 395/MT for this week. Prices declined massively by USD 130/MT in a span of one week. The pandemic Covid-19 has brutally affected all the segments of society. CFR China prices were assessed at the level of USD 415/MT for this week again reduced by USD 130/MT for this week.
• Major economic city of India, Mumbai has been locked down since Friday amid Corona scare. Many other cities are likely to undergo complete lockdown in next week. The country will be under curfew on Sunday suspending all sorts of activities across the nation.
• Indian markets plunge as pandemic fears drive investors into panic selling mode, Brent crude hits a 16-year low; analysts now see a long recession
• After scaling new highs in January, India stocks have dipped 31.8%.
• As rising infections of the novel coronavirus pose a medical and economic challenge for policymakers worldwide, global investors raced to stock up on cash, dumping even safe haven assets such as gold and government bonds. In India, foreign investors have sold shares worth about $4.4 billion in March alone.
• Oil giant Saudi Aramco will proceed with the reduction of its refinery rates in Saudi Arabia in April and May in order to free up more crude oil for exports.
• The Saudis, who launched an all-out price war for market share with Russia after Moscow refused to back deeper cuts, will not only boost April exports from the current 7 million bpd, but will also grow exports in May by another 250,000 bpd from April.

$1 = Rs. 75.18

Import Custom Ex. Rate USD/ INR: 75.75

Export Custom Ex. Rate USD/ INR: 74.05