Platts to suspend US benzene forwards on PGA

Beginning September 1, 2010, Platts will discontinue Page 682 (PPU682) from Platts Global Alert's US Forward Curve add-on service, as this is a duplicate of the benzene physical forward price assessments found on PGA page 61 (PCA061) of Platts Petrochemical Alert.

The associated US oil derivatives market data codes found under the DR category are mislabeled as "swaps" when they are, in fact, physical forwards. The US physical forwards are found under the AU category.

These codes will be renamed as physical forwards and discontinued from the DR category:

Current benzene DR category Benzene US physical forwards (to be discontinued) DAIUH00 Benzene Swaps FOB USG Mo1 AAIUH00 Benzene Phy Fwd FOB USG M1 DAIUJ00 Benzene Swaps FOB USG Mo2 AAIUJ00 Benzene Phy Fwd FOB USG M2 DAIUL00 Benzene Swaps FOB USG Mo3 AAIUL00 Benzene Swaps FOB USG 03-M3 DAIUN00 Benzene Swaps FOB USG Q1 AAIUN00 Benzene Swaps FOB USG 01-Qr

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