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The Bunker Index 180 CST (BIX 180) - the worldwide daily 180 centistoke (cSt) average quoted in US$ per metric tonne - decreased by $3.65 per tonne, or 1.5 percent, during the six-day period between December 18 and December 24, according to Bunker Index price data.

The global 180 cSt price was $248.00 per tonne on the last trading day of last week, December 24, compared with $251.65 per tonne on December 18. It is the lowest end-of-week price of the year.

The $3.65 fall is the least significant since the week ending November 27, when a $1.80 decline was recorded.

Yesterday, the worldwide 180 cSt price was up $0.28 to $248.28 per tonne following a rise of $0.53 and $0.60 in Brent and WTI crude settlement prices respectively on Thursday.

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

Bunker Index 180 CST (BIX 180):

24/12 (Week 52) - 248.00 (-3.65, -1.5%)
18/12 (Week 51) - 251.65 (-13.98, -5.3%)
11/12 (Week 50) - 265.63 (-19.43, -6.9%)
04/12 (Week 49) - 282.06 (-9.50, -3.3%)
27/11 (Week 48) - 291.56 (-1.80, -0.7%)
20/11 (Week 47) - 293.36 (-6.27, -2.1%)
13/11 (Week 46) - 299.63 (-12.72, -4.1%)
06/11 (Week 45) - 312.35 (+3.15, +1.0%)
30/10 (Week 44) - 309.20 (-12.52, -3.9%)
23/10 (Week 43) - 321.72 (+4.45, +1.4%)
16/10 (Week 42) - 317.27 (-8.45, -2.6%)
09/10 (Week 41) - 325.72 (+12.97, +4.1%)
02/10 (Week 40) - 312.75 (+4.13, +1.3%)
25/09 (Week 39) - 308.62 (-3.24, -1.0%)
18/09 (Week 38) - 311.86 (-1.57, -0.5%)
11/09 (Week 37) - 313.43 (-15.35, -4.7%)
04/09 (Week 36) - 328.78 (+16.65, +5.3%)
28/08 (Week 35) - 312.13 (-7.12, -2.2%)
21/08 (Week 34) - 319.25 (-20.61, -6.1%)
14/08 (Week 33) - 339.86 (-5.66, -1.6%)
07/08 (Week 32) - 345.52 (-15.44, -4.3%)
31/07 (Week 31) - 360.96 (-8.88, -2.4%)
24/07 (Week 30) - 369.84 (-12.52, -3.3%)
17/07 (Week 29) - 382.36 (-6.91, -1.8%)
10/07 (Week 28) - 389.27 (-16.74, -4.1%)
03/07 (Week 27) - 406.01 (-3.55, -0.9%)
26/06 (Week 26) - 409.56 (-7.76, -1.9%)
19/06 (Week 25) - 417.32 (-0.88, -0.2%)
12/06 (Week 24) - 418.20 (+2.20, +0.5%)
05/06 (Week 23) - 416.00 (-6.96, -1.6%)
29/05 (Week 22) - 422.96 (-8.54, -2.0%)
22/05 (Week 21) - 431.50 (-3.00, -0.7%)
15/05 (Week 20) - 434.50 (+2.46, +0.6%)
08/05 (Week 19) - 432.04 (+11.63, +2.8%)
01/05 (Week 18) - 420.41 (+7.09, +1.7%)
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