Commodities
Propylene
Propylene is a key petrochemical olefin produced mainly through steam cracking of naphtha and LPG and as a byproduct of refinery fluid catalytic cracking. It serves as the primary feedstock for polypropylene as well as acrylonitrile and propylene oxide. Its price reflects feedstock costs and demand from packaging, automotive, and textile manufacturing across the US Gulf Coast, Northwest Europe, and the Middle East.
Pentadecane (C15)
Pentadecane (C15) is a straight-chain alkane hydrocarbon commonly found in petroleum-derived products and specialty chemical formulations. Its market value is influenced by crude oil prices, refining economics, petrochemical demand, and supply conditions across hydrocarbon value chains.
Cold Rolled Coil Steel (CRC)
Cold Rolled Coil steel is a high-value flat steel product used in automotive manufacturing, appliances, metal furniture, and precision components. Its prices are shaped by steel production levels, raw material and energy costs, downstream demand, and trade policy shifts.