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The Bunker Index 180 CST (BIX 180) - the worldwide daily 180 centistoke (cSt) average quoted in US$ per metric tonne - rose by $7.21 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 180 cSt price was $413.32 per tonne on April 24 compared to $406.11 per tonne on April 17. It is the third weekly rise in a row and the fourth in the last five weeks. The $413.32 price is also the highest end-of-week figure since February 27.

Please find a summary of end-of-week BIX 180 prices below (in US$ per tonne).

Bunker Index 180 CST (BIX 180):

24/04 (Week 17) - 413.32 (+7.21, +1.8%)
17/04 (Week 16) - 406.11 (+17.92, +4.6%)
10/04 (Week 15) - 388.19 (+1.46, +0.4%)
03/04 (Week 14) - 386.73 (-9.25, -2.3%)
27/03 (Week 13) - 395.98 (+11.72, +3.1%)
20/03 (Week 12) - 384.26 (-12.46, -3.2%)
13/03 (Week 11) - 396.72 (-9.61, -2.4%)
06/03 (Week 10) - 406.33 (-7.40, -1.8%)
27/02 (Week 9) - 413.73 (+4.15, -1.0%)
20/02 (Week 8) - 409.58 (+11.89, +3.0%)
13/02 (Week 7) - 397.69 (+13.76, +3.6%)
06/02 (Week 6) - 383.93 (+31.93, +9.1%)
30/01 (Week 5) - 352.00 (-3.83, -1.1%)
23/01 (Week 4) - 355.83 (-4.73, -1.3%)
16/01 (Week 3) - 360.56 (-12.21, -3.3%)
09/01 (Week 2) - 372.77 (-20.31, -5.2%)
02/01 (Week 1) - 393.08

To access the full Bunker Index 180 (BIX 180) archive, please click on the following link below.

http://www.bunkerindex.com/prices/bixfree.php?priceindex_id=3