Morning Market Insight: Cyclohexanone

I. Key Points

1. [Chempricehub] Oct 27: Various parties continue to push for a de-escalation of the Middle East situation, alleviating concerns over supply risks and causing international crude oil prices to fall. NYMEX WTI December futures closed at $99.90/bbl, down $1.86/bbl (-1.83%); ICE Brent December futures closed at $113.88/bbl, down $1.93/bbl (-1.67%). China INE Crude Oil Futures contract SC2612 fell by 8.1 to 731.6 yuan/barrel in the day session, and dropped another 18.7 to 712.9 yuan/barrel in the night session.
2. Sinopec refineries in East, South, and Central China lowered their pure benzene prices by 200 yuan/ton to 10,600 yuan/ton, effective October 16.

Core Logic: Raw material prices remain high, maintaining cost pressure; the supply-demand balance for commercial cyclohexanone remains weakly balanced.

II. Price Table

Unit: Yuan/ton (unless otherwise specified)

Notes:

1. The East China liquid caprolactam quoted is National Standard Premium Grade.
2. FOB Korea prices are in USD/ton; all other varieties are in RMB (Yuan/ton).
3. RMB prices in the table above refer to Cash Ex-Works, Bank Acceptance Self-Pickup, Bank Acceptance Delivered, or Cash Delivered terms.
4. The two price periods represent spot prices from the previous two working days before this week, not weekly averages.
5. "Change" indicates the absolute value of the price fluctuation.