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The Bunker Index 380 CST (BIX 380) - the worldwide daily 380 centistoke (cSt) average quoted in US$ per metric tonne - rose by $6.61 per tonne, or 1.8 percent, during the seven-day period between April 17 and April 24, according to Bunker Index price data.

The global 380 cSt bunker price was $381.30 per tonne on April 24 compared to $374.69 per tonne on April 17. It is the third consecutive weekly increase and the highest end-of-week price of the year so far.

Please find a summary of end-of-week BIX 380 prices below (in US$ per tonne) since the start of the year.

Bunker Index 380 CST (BIX 380):

24/04 (Week 17) - 381.30 (+6.61, +1.8%)
17/04 (Week 16) - 374.69 (+17.86, +5.0%)
10/04 (Week 15) - 356.83 (+2.36, +0.7%)
03/04 (Week 14) - 354.47 (-7.13, -2.0%)
27/03 (Week 13) - 361.60 (+11.10, +3.2%)
20/03 (Week 12) - 350.50 (-12.01, -3.3%)
13/03 (Week 11) - 362.51 (-10.67, -2.9%)
06/03 (Week 10) - 373.18 (-3.94, -1.0%)
27/02 (Week 9) - 377.12 (-0.14, -0.04%)
20/02 (Week 8) - 377.26 (+12.32, +3.4%)
13/02 (Week 7) - 364.94 (+17.14, +4.9%)
06/02 (Week 6) - 347.80 (+41.38, +13.5%)
30/01 (Week 5) - 306.42 (-1.74, -0.6%)
23/01 (Week 4) - 308.16 (-4,94, -1.6%)
16/01 (Week 3) - 313.10 (-16.24, -4.9)
09/01 (Week 2) - 329.34 (-27.83, -7.8%)
02/01 (Week 1) - 357.17

To access the full Bunker Index 380 (BIX 380) archive, please click on the following link below.

http://www.bunkerindex.com/prices/bixfree.php?priceindex_id=2