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The daily global average for 380 centistoke (cSt) intermediate fuel oil (IFO), the Bunker Index 380 (BIX 380), recorded its highest end-of-week price of the year on Friday.

The daily BIX 380 ended week 49 at $340.99 per tonne, up $11.77, or 3.6 percent, on the figure recorded seven days earlier.

Friday's price was not only the highest end-of-week BIX 380 of 2016, but also the highest daily figure of the year - and since the $345.82-per-tonne price recorded on 23rd July 2015. The week-on-week increase was the third in a row.

Meanwhile, the weekly BIX 380 average increased by $17.24, or 5.4 percent, to $337.55 per tonne, up from $320.31 per tonne the previous week. The $337.55-per-tonne average is the highest since the week ending 24th July 2015 ($347.40 per tonne).

The BIX 380 is the daily global average price for all 380 cSt (or IFO 380) assessment prices published on the Bunker Index website.

Below are tables of recent end-of-week daily BIX 380 prices and weekly BIX 380 averages.

End-of-week prices

Date	Week	Daily BIX 380 ($)	$ (+/-)	% (+/-)
09/12/2016	Week 49	340.99	+11.77	+3.58
02/12/2016	Week 48	329.22	+13.28	+4.20
25/11/2016	Week 47	315.94	+10.22	+3.34
18/11/2016	Week 46	305.72	-1.21	-0.39
11/11/2016	Week 45	306.93	-1.05	-0.34
04/11/2016	Week 44	307.98	-12.96	-4.04
28/10/2016	Week 43	320.94	-0.47	-0.15

Weekly averages

Week Ending	Week	BIX 380 Avg. ($)	$ (+/-)	% (+/-)
09/12/2016	Week 49	337.55	+17.24	+5.38
02/12/2016	Week 48	320.31	+7.41	+2.37
25/11/2016	Week 47	312.90	+7.81	+2.56
18/11/2016	Week 46	305.10	-2.95	-0.96
11/11/2016	Week 45	308.05	-5.62	-1.79
04/11/2016	Week 44	313.66	-8.57	-2.66
28/10/2016	Week 43	322.23	+3.19	+1.00