Mon 30 Apr 2012, 11:44 GMT

Singapore 380-cst average falls $12 in April


Monthly average declines for the first time since December 2011 at the world's leading bunker port.



The average price of 380-centistoke (cst) fuel oil in Singapore fell by $12 per tonne, or 1.65 percent, during the month of April, according to Bunker Index price data.

The 380-cst average at the world's leading bunker port decreased to $715 per tonne this month, down from $727 per tonne in March. It is the first monthly decline since December 2011.

Please find a table below outlining average monthly Singapore 380-cst prices between April 2008 and April 2012.

MonthAverage($/mt)LowHigh
Apr 12715 705.00 734.00
Mar 12727 718.00 740.00
Feb 12725 710.00 739.00
Jan 12722 689.00 737.00
Dec 11661 625.00 684.00
Nov 11682 655.00 713.00
Oct 11660 625.00 690.00
Sep 11644 620.00 669.00
Aug 11645 623.00 684.00
July 11659 632.00 681.00
June 11647 620.00 677.00
May 11633 608.00 670.00
Apr 11669 650.00 685.00
Mar 11633 622.00 645.00
Feb 11606 562.00 668.00
Jan 11534 507.00 560.00
Dec 10498 492.00 506.00
Nov 10482 462.00 508.00
Oct 10462 451.00 473.00
Sep 10436 429.00 448.00
Aug 10441 422.00 465.00
Jul 10434 412.00 450.00
Jun 10435 418.00 450.00
May 10 452 406.00 498.00
Apr 10 480 458.00 497.00
Mar 10 459 447.00 473.00
Feb 10 456 434.00 473.00
Jan 10 481 455.00 508.00
Dec 09 463 438.00 490.00
Nov 09 464 447.00 477.00
Oct 09 440 412.00 465.00
Sep 09 426 408.00 442.00
Aug 09 437 418.00 452.00
Jul 09 407 381.00 437.00
Jun 09 398 385.50 422.00
May 09 343 294.00 382.00
Apr 09 289 256.00 308.00
Mar 09 244 225.00 272.00
Feb 09 257 235.00 278.00
Jan 09 258 235.00 288.00
Dec 08 232 214.00 260.00
Nov 08 235 205.00 295.00
Oct 08 406 268.00 575.00
Sep 08 610 530.00 714.00
Aug 08 671 617.00 728.00
Jul 08 718 665.00 763.00
Jun 08 629 573.00 681.00
May 08 580 524.00 635.00
Apr 08 523 491.00 545.00


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