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Mumbai Chemical Market



       Cyclohexanone, Chloroform and Acetic acid

       costlier; MEG, Oxo alcohols move down


          Prices of chemicals like cyclo-  in bulk. MEK (imported) was at  in bulk.  Vinyl acetate  was up
       hexanone, acetic acid, vinyl      Rs. 101 (basic).                 by a rupee at Rs. 86 in bulk.
       acetate and methylene chloride
       fi rmed up during the past week      Methanol  (imported) ruled  Chloralkalies
       under review, while caustic       at Rs. 25 in bulk, ex-Kandla.       Caustic  soda  fl akes ruled
       soda  fl akes  &  lye,  caustic    Dimethyl formamide (DMF)  down by a rupee at Rs. 54 in
       potash, IPA and oxo alcohols      was at Rs. 70 per kg in bulk.    bulk, while  Caustic soda  lye
       ruled lower.                                                       was also down by a rupee at
                                         Oxo alcohols                     Rs. 31 (basic). Caustic potash
          Toluene  (RIL)  was at           Domestic Octanol was down  eased lower by Rs. 3 at Rs. 119
       Rs. 82.50 (basic) in bulk, while   by Rs. 4 at Rs. 142 and imported  in bulk.  Ethylene dichloride
       Toluene (BPCL) was up by          material was up by Rs. 4 at Rs. 150.  was at Rs. 30 in bulk. Among
       Rs. 1.50 Rs. 83 (basic) in bulk   Domestic  Butanol  was cheaper  the Chloromethanes, Methylene
       and Rs. 114 for barrels. BPCL’s   by Rs. 3 at Rs. 88 and imported  chloride  was up by Rs. 3 at
       Benzene  was at Rs. 89, while     material was down by a rupee  Rs. 30 in bulk. Chloroform was
       Benzene (RIL) ruled at Rs. 93.    at Rs. 90. Domestic Isobutanol  up by a rupee at Rs. 12 in bulk.
                                         was down by a rupee at Rs. 91
          Mixed xylene was at Rs. 86     and imported was at Rs. 96.      Phthalates
       in   bulk,   while    imported                                        DOP was at Rs. 156 while
       mixed xylene was at Rs. 82        Fibre intermediates              DBP was at Rs. 133. DIBP was
       (basic). O-Xylene (OX) was at       MEG was down by Rs. 5 at  at Rs. 130. DBM was at Rs. 135
       Rs. 91, while imported material   Rs. 52 in bulk, while DEG was  and DOA was at Rs. 185. DOM
       was down by a rupee at Rs. 95     up by Rs. 2 at Rs. 62 for bulk.  was at Rs. 172.
       in bulk. Domestic  Isopropyl      PTA was at Rs. 86.
       alcohol  was down by Rs. 2  at                                     Titanium dioxide
       Rs. 133 in bulk and was available   Phenol                            Anatase  grade  Titanium
       at Rs. 152 for packed material.     Phenol  imported material  dioxide (TTPL) was at Rs. 192
                                         was at Rs. 89 in bulk. Acetone  (basic) in bulk, while rutile
          Among the aromatic sol-        imported material was up by a  grade of KMML was at Rs. 250
       vents, C-9 was down by a rupee    rupee at Rs. 95.                 (basic) for paint, ink and for
       at Rs. 85. Cyclohexane was at                                      plastic grade it was at Rs. 255.
       Rs. 105 in bulk, while  Cyclo-    Acetyls                          Among the imported materials,
       hexanone was  up by  Rs.  8  at     Acetic acid imported gained  DuPont was quoted at Rs. 345
       Rs. 125 in bulk.  Acrylonitrile   a rupee at Rs. 30 in bulk. Ethyl  (basic) per kg; Huntsman was
       (imported) was up by Rs. 2 at     acetate was at Rs. 66.50 in bulk,  at Rs. 270 and Tronox was at
       Rs. 117 in bulk. Styrene monomer   while Butyl acetate was down  Rs. 315. Chinese rutile was at
       was at Rs. 97. Propylene glycol   by a rupee at Rs. 97 in bulk.  Rs. 210 (basic), Chinese anatase
       was down by a rupee at Rs. 109    Butyl cellosolve was at Rs. 137  was at Rs. 175.


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