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AJC Weekly Brief

Asian Chemical Commodity - Weekly

03 Aug 2026 / 2 min read

The rally cools but doesn’t crack; naphtha (+4.9%) and ethylene (+3.8%) extend gains while benzene prints its first weekly decline in three weeks as Europe supplies the structural storyline: the Rhine runs too low for Germany’s crackers, Versalis mothballs Brindisi PE, and Indovinya ties up with Air Liquide on lowcarbon ethylene oxide. 

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