The mainstream spot offer range for toluene in the East China market is 6,920–6,950 RMB/ton, flat compared to the previous trading day. Overnight crude oil closed lower but saw a slight rebound during the session, while the overall aromatics complex experienced limited volatility overnight, with the market direction remaining unclear. Influenced by expectations of weakening crude oil in the forward period, market sentiment is cautious with a strong wait-and-see attitude, downstream purchasing willingness is weak, and transactions are relatively light, dragging toluene and xylene prices slightly lower recently. However, support from the cost side and end-user essential demand is sustaining the market, which is expected to continue its narrow-range consolidation trend in the short term.