Market Pulse AI | Raw Material Cost Intelligence

BRENT CRUDE: $96.42 (+2.1%) • IRON ORE 62% FE: $114.80 (-1.2%) • ETHYLENE SEA: $945 (+1.8%) • UREA PRILLED: $425 (+6.2%) • FREIGHT BALTIC DRY: +4.5% • BRENT CRUDE: $96.42 (+2.1%) • IRON ORE 62% FE: $114.80 (-1.2%) • ETHYLENE SEA: $945 (+1.8%) • UREA PRILLED: $425 (+6.2%) • FREIGHT BALTIC DRY: +4.5% •

Market Pulse AI 02/07/2026 01:39 UTC

Critical Cost Shift Alert

Supply Chain & Raw Material Risk

Energy / Petrochemicals

Naphtha spreads widening as crude tests $96/bbl. Feedstock costs rising in NE Asia.

+2.1%

Steel & Metals

Logistic bottlenecks in the Panama Canal and increased energy surcharges impacting HRC spot.

STABLE+

Agriculture

Fertilizer (Urea) costs surging on EU natural gas volatility. Impacting Q3/Q4 food supply contracts.

+6.2%

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