12 Dec 2022
Indonesian customers are puzzled over the two back-to-back price hikes as the demand in the country has been constantly declining over the past weeks.
Key PP and LLDPE contracts on Dalian Commodity Exchange ended the morning session with drastic gains as investors ride on the wave of speculations that the easing COVID-19 controls would put the Chinese health care system to a test
Chinese bidders actively procure cargoes on the Shenhua auction platform following a sharp increase in futures trading.
09 Dec 2022
As discussed earlier, Asian market participants generally expected the current rebound trend to persist in the next couple of months as suppliers are free from sales pressure after achieving strong sales results in India over the past weeks.
While the reopening in China has been fueling expectations for a strong revival of demand in the coming months, overseas customers remain cautious due to the gloomy global economic outlook
Following the drastic easing of COVID-19 controls, market players expect municipal governments to introduce stimulus packages to push consumption ahead of the Lunar New Year.
Market participants said that the strong auction results clearly indicated the ongoing restocking activities, though buyers remained selective in terms of prices.
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