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Mumbai Chemical Market

Acetone, Octanol, Methylene chloride move up; BTX

solvents, Caustic soda, Cyclohexane, PTA cheaper

The week under review saw was down by a rupee at Rs. 91 bulk. Vinyl acetate was up by a
uptrend in prices of chemicals (basic), ex-Kandla. rupee at Rs. 73 in bulk.
like octanol, chloroform, acetone,
ethyl and vinyl acetates while Methanol (imported) was Chloralkalies
caustic soda fl akes & lye, caustic at Rs. 25 in bulk, ex-Kandla. Caustic soda flakes ruled
potash IPA, cyclohexane, PTA Dimethyl formamide (DMF) down by a rupee at Rs. 58
and phenol ruled lower. was at Rs. 84 per kg in bulk. in bulk, while Caustic soda
lye was down by Rs. 1.50 at
Toluene (RIL) was down by Oxo alcohols Rs. 32.50 (basic). Caustic potash
Rs. 15 at Rs. 85 (basic) in bulk, Domestic Octanol was up by was down by Rs. 7 at Rs. 130 in
while Toluene (BPCL) was down Rs. 2 at Rs. 114 and imported bulk. Ethylene dichloride was
by Rs. 13 at Rs. 87 (basic) in bulk material was up by Rs. 4 at Rs. 113. up by Rs. 2 at Rs. 27 in bulk.
and Rs. 136 for barrels. BPCL’s Domestic Butanol was at Rs. 95 Among the Chloromethanes,
Benzene was cheaper by Rs. 4 at and imported material was up by a Methylene chloride was up by
Rs. 80, while Benzene (RIL) ruled rupee at Rs. 90. Domestic Isobu- Rs. 9 at Rs. 46 in bulk. Chloro-
lower by Rs. 5 at Rs. 84. tanol was at Rs. 95 and imported form was up by Rs. 2 at Rs. 15
was up by Rs. 2 at Rs. 86. in bulk.
Mixed xylene was down by
Rs. 11 at Rs. 84 in bulk, while Fibre intermediates Phthalates
imported mixed xylene was at MEG was up by Rs. 3 at Rs. 51 DOP was at Rs. 133 while
Rs. 88 (basic). O-Xylene (OX) in bulk, while DEG was at Rs. 67 DBP was at Rs. 124. DIBP was
eased lower by Rs. 7 at Rs. 95, while for bulk. TEG was at Rs. 100 at Rs. 121. DBM was at Rs. 125
imported material was at Rs. 103 in bulk and Rs. 107 for packed and DOA was at Rs. 151. DOM
in bulk. Domestic Isopropyl material. PTA was down by Rs. 4 was at Rs. 140.
alcohol was down by Rs. 2 at at Rs. 85.
Rs. 103 in bulk and was available Titanium dioxide
at Rs. 139 for packed material. Phenol Anatase grade Titanium
Phenol imported material was dioxide (TTPL) was at Rs. 190
Among the aromatic solvents, down by Rs. 2 at Rs. 92 in bulk. (basic) in bulk, while rutile grade
C-9 was down by a rupee at Acetone imported material was of KMML was at Rs. 250 (basic)
Rs. 89. Cyclohexane ruled down up by Rs. 4 at Rs. 81. for paint, ink and for plastic grade
by Rs. 8 at Rs. 100 in bulk, while it was at Rs. 255.
Cyclohexanone was down by Acetyls
Rs. 7 at Rs. 113 in bulk. Acrylo- Acetic acid imported was Among the imported mate-
nitrile (imported) was at Rs. 100 down by a rupee at Rs. 42 in bulk. rials, DuPont was quoted at Rs. 350
in bulk. Styrene monomer was Ethyl acetate was up by Rs. 2 (basic) per kg; Huntsman was
down by Rs. 3 at Rs. 97, ex- at Rs. 78 in bulk, while Butyl at Rs. 275 and Tronox was at
Kandla. Propylene glycol was acetate was down by a rupee at Rs. 320. Chinese rutile was at
down by Rs. 2 at Rs. 98 in bulk, Rs. 103 in bulk. Butyl cellosolve Rs. 215 (basic), Chinese anatase
ex-Kandla. MEK (imported) was down by a rupee at Rs. 97 in was at Rs. 180.

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