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A statistical summary has been included below for the Bunker Index (BIX) up until December 2012.

Included in the summary, is the average, lowest and highest price for each month together with price change figures expressed in US dollars and as a percentage.

Bunker Index (BIX) Statistical Summary: April 2009 - December 2012.

December 2012
Average Price: 804.04
Lowest Price: 798.03 (Dec 17)
Highest Price: 812.58 (Dec 4)
Low-High differential ($): 14.55

First Price (Dec 3): 811.98
Last Price (Dec 31): 809.96
Price change ($): -2.02
Price change (%): -0.2%

November 2012
Average Price: 810.09
Lowest Price: 804.14 (Nov 9)
Highest Price: 816.14 (Nov 1)
Low-High differential ($): 12.00

First Price (Nov 1): 816.14
Last Price (Nov 30): 809.33
Price change ($): -6.81
Price change (%): -0.8%

October 2012
Average Price: 833.94
Lowest Price: 821.23 (Oct 31)
Highest Price: 843.97 (Oct 11)
Low-High differential ($): 22.74

First Price (Oct 1): 842.20
Last Price (Oct 31): 821.23
Price change ($): -20.97
Price change (%): -2.5%

September 2012
Average Price: 853.08
Lowest Price: 839.28 (Sep 27)
Highest Price: 867.30 (Sep 17)
Low-High differential ($): 28.02

First Price (Sep 3): 855.52
Last Price (Sep 28): 842.91
Price change ($): -12.61
Price change (%): -1.5%

August 2012
Average Price: 832.99
Lowest Price: 800.77 (Aug 2)
Highest Price: 852.73 (Aug 23)
Low-High differential ($): 51.96

First Price (Aug 1): 803.40
Last Price (Aug 31): 850.75
Price change ($): +47.35
Price change (%): +5.9%

July 2012
Average Price: 785.57
Lowest Price: 761.50 (Jul 2)
Highest Price: 806.27 (Jul 20)
Low-High differential ($): 44.77

First Price (Jul 2): 761.50
Last Price (Jul 31): 803.46
Price change ($): +41.96
Price change (%): +5.5%

June 2012
Average Price: 774.95
Lowest Price: 753.89 (Jun 27)
Highest Price: 804.29 (Jun 1)
Low-High differential ($): 50.40

First Price (Jun 1): 804.29
Last Price (Jun 29): 754.63
Price change ($): -49.66
Price change (%): -6.2%

May 2012
Average Price: 845.54
Lowest Price: 813.74 (May 31)
Highest Price: 890.33 (May 2)
Low-High differential ($): 76.59

First Price (May 2): 890.33
Last Price (May 31): 813.74
Price change ($): -76.59
Price change (%): -8.6%

April 2012
Average Price: 889.05
Lowest Price: 882.87 (Apr 23)
Highest Price: 900.34 (Apr 4)
Low-High differential ($): 17.47

First Price (Apr 2): 897.08
Last Price (Apr 30): 885.74
Price change ($): -11.34
Price change (%): -1.3%

March 2012
Average Price: 902.14
Lowest Price: 893.30 (Mar 1)
Highest Price: 907.66 (Mar 14)
Low-High differential ($): 14.36

First Price (Mar 1): 893.30
Last Price (Mar 30): 898.62
Price change ($): +5.32
Price change (%): +0.6 %

February 2012
Average Price: 873.76
Lowest Price: 850.51 (Feb 1)
Highest Price: 894.08 (Feb 29)
Low-High differential ($): 43.57

First Price (Feb 1): 850.51
Last Price (Feb 29): 894.08
Price change ($): +43.57
Price change (%): +5.1 %

January 2012
Average Price: 849.03
Lowest Price: 825.20 (Jan 3)
Highest Price: 858.07 (Jan 11)
Low-High differential ($): 32.87

First Price (Jan 3): 825.20
Last Price (Jan 31): 848.95
Price change ($): +23.75
Price change (%): +2.9 %

December 2011
Average Price: 818.18
Lowest Price: 804.06 (Dec 16)
Highest Price: 830.13 (Dec 7)
Low-High differential ($): 26.07

First Price (Dec 2): 825.86
Last Price (Dec 30): 818.94
Price change ($): -6.92
Price change (%): -0.8 %

November 2011
Average Price: 834.82
Lowest Price: 819.92 (Nov 2)
Highest Price: 850.20 (Nov 9)
Low-High differential ($): 30.28

First Price (Nov 1): 822.54
Last Price (Nov 30): 827.68
Price change ($): +5.14
Price change (%): +0.6 %

October 2011
Average Price: 814.61
Lowest Price: 790.04 (Oct 5)
Highest Price: 832.21 (Oct 28)
Low-High differential ($): 42.17

First Price (Oct 3): 797.22
Last Price (Oct 31): 829.85
Price change ($): +32.63
Price change (%): +4.1 %

September 2011
Average Price: 819.90
Lowest Price: 801.43 (Sep 27)
Highest Price: 833.86 (Sep 8)
Low-High differential ($): 32.43

First Price (Sep 1): 830.03
Last Price (Sep 30): 804.36
Price change ($): -25.67
Price change (%): -3.1 %

August 2011
Average Price: 819.38
Lowest Price: 806.42 (Aug 11)
Highest Price: 848.84 (Aug 2)
Low-High differential ($): 42.42

First Price (Aug 2): 848.84
Last Price (Aug 31): 830.01
Price change ($): -18.83
Price change (%): -2.2 %

July 2011
Average Price: 834.80
Lowest Price: 812.66 (Jul 4)
Highest Price: 847.43 (Jul 25)
Low-High differential ($): 34.77

First Price (Jul 1): 814.40
Last Price (Jul 29): 844.90
Price change ($): +30.50
Price change (%): +3.7 %

June 2011
Average Price: 823.19
Lowest Price: 798.53 (Jun 28)
Highest Price: 843.25 (Jun 15)
Low-High differential ($): 44.72

First Price (Jun 1): 827.65
Last Price (Jun 30): 814.89
Price change ($): -12.76
Price change (%): -1.5 %

May 2011
Average Price: 822.08
Lowest Price: 803.55 (May 24)
Highest Price: 859.94 (May 3)
Low-High differential ($): 56.39

First Price (May 3): 859.94
Last Price (May 31): 817.18
Price change ($): -42.76
Price change (%): -5.0 %

April 2011
Average Price: 846.65
Lowest Price: 814.95 (Apr 1)
Highest Price: 859.56 (Apr 28)
Low-High differential ($): 46.61

First Price (Apr 1): 814.95
Last Price (Apr 28): 859.56
Price change ($): +44.61
Price change (%): +5.5 %

March 2011
Average Price: 800.25
Lowest Price: 771.53 (Mar 1)
Highest Price: 808.63 (Mar 22)
Low-High differential ($): 37.10

First Price (Mar 1): 771.53
Last Price (Mar 31): 808.56
Price change ($): +37.03
Price change (%): +4.8 %

February 2011
Average Price: 729.08
Lowest Price: 695.08 (Feb 1)
Highest Price: 772.59 (Feb 25)
Low-High differential ($): 77.51

First Price (Feb 1): 695.08
Last Price (Feb 28): 770.12
Price change ($): +75.04
Price change (%): +10.8 %

January 2011
Average Price: 666.74
Lowest Price: 648.23 (Jan 5)
Highest Price: 688.28 (Jan 31)
Low-High differential ($): 40.05

First Price (Jan 1): 649.52
Last Price (Jan 31): 688.28
Price change ($): +38.76
Price change (%): +6.0 %

December 2010
Average Price: 637.07
Lowest Price: 617.50 (Dec 1)
Highest Price: 649.61 (Dec 28)
Low-High differential ($): 32.11

First Price (Dec 1): 617.50
Last Price (Dec 31): 644.42
Price change ($): +26.92
Price change (%): +4.4 %

November 2010
Average Price: 616.21
Lowest Price: 599.97 (Nov 1)
Highest Price: 630.44 (Nov 11)
Low-High differential ($): 30.47

First Price (Nov 1): 599.97
Last Price (Nov 30): 621.64
Price change ($): +21.67
Price change (%): +3.6 %

October 2010
Average Price: 600.15
Lowest Price: 590.42 (Oct 1)
Highest Price: 605.80 (Oct 07)
Low-High differential ($): 15.38

First Price (Oct 1): 590.42
Last Price (Oct 29): 601.63
Price change ($): +11.21
Price change (%): +1.9 %

September 2010
Average Price: 572.65
Lowest Price: 563.20 (Sep 6)
Highest Price: 581.38 (Sep 30)
Low-High differential ($): 18.18

First Price (Sep 1): 567.19
Last Price (Sep 30): 581.38
Price change ($): +14.19
Price change (%): +2.5 %

August 2010
Average Price: 580.64
Lowest Price: 560.59 (Aug 25)
Highest Price: 597.99 (Aug 5)
Low-High differential ($): 37.40

First Price (Aug 3): 589.82
Last Price (Aug 31): 568.92
Price change ($): -20.90
Price change (%): -3.5 %

July 2010
Average Price: 570.77
Lowest Price: 556.51 (Jul 6)
Highest Price: 579.06 (Jun 26)
Low-High differential ($): 22.55

First Price (Jul 1): 569.55
Last Price (Jul 30): 575.13
Price change ($): +5.58
Price change (%): +0.98 %

June 2010
Average Price: 575.61
Lowest Price: 563.73 (Jun 8)
Highest Price: 587.19 (Jun 22)
Low-High differential ($): 23.46

First Price (Jun 1): 569.65
Last Price (Jun 30): 574.64
Price change ($): +4.99
Price change (%): +0.88 %

May 2010
Average Price: 591.09
Lowest Price: 558.16 (May 26)
Highest Price: 625.99 (May 04)
Low-High differential ($): 67.83

May 4: 625.99
May 28: 572.88
Price change ($): -53.11
Price change (%): -8.48 %

April 2010
Average Price: 591.67
Lowest Price: 574.65 (April 1)
Highest Price: 607.98 (April 30)
Low-High differential ($): 33.33

April 1: 574.65
April 30: 607.98
Price change ($): +33.33
Price change (%): +5.80%

March 2010
Average Price: 566.68
Lowest Price: 557.88 (March 16)
Highest Price: 572.67 (March 30)
Low-High differential ($): 14.79

March 1: 560.40
March 31: 571.85
Price change ($): +11.45
Price change (%): +2.04%

February 2010
Average Price: 549.23
Lowest Price: 530.62 (February 9)
Highest Price: 563.87 (February 22)
Low-High differential ($): 33.25

February 1: 545.59
February 26: 550.63
Price change ($): +5.04
Price change (%): +0.9%

January 2010
Average Price: 568.05
Lowest Price: 545.45 (January 29)
Highest Price: 587.13 (January 8)
Low-High differential ($): 41.68

January 4: 570.99
January 29: 545.45
Price change ($): -25.54
Price change (%): -4.5%

December 2009
Average Price: 550.75
Lowest Price: 534.52 (December 14)
Highest Price: 566.36 (December 31)
Low-High differential ($): 31.84

December 1: 558.23
December 31: 566.36
Price change ($): +8.13
Price change (%): +1.5%

November 2009
Average Price: 557.19
Lowest Price: 547.65 (November 2)
Highest Price: 567.95 (November 19)
Low-High differential ($): 9.54

November 2: 547.65
November 30: 554.59
Price change ($): +6.94
Price change (%): +1.3%

October 2009
Average Price: 528.47
Lowest Price: 501.05 (October 5)
Highest Price: 552.51 (October 30)
Low-High differential ($): 48.22

October 1: 504.29
October 30: 552.51
Price change ($): +48.22
Price change (%): +9.6%

September 2009
Average Price: 509.28
Lowest Price: 493.40 (September 30)
Highest Price: 525.55 (September 1)
Low-High differential ($): 32.15

September 1: 525.55
September 30: 493.40
Price change ($): -32.15
Price change (%): -6.1%

August 2009
Average Price: 523.07
Lowest Price: 509.70 (August 3)
Highest Price: 533.81 (August 25)
Low-High differential ($): 24.11

August 3: 509.70
August 28: 526,65
Price change ($): +16.95
Price change (%): +3.3%

July 2009
Average Price: 482.66
Lowest Price: 460.73 (July 13)
Highest Price: 505.76 (July 28)
Low-High differential ($): 45.03

July 1: 498.71
July 31: 501.57
Price change ($): +2.86
Price change (%): +0.6%

June 2009
Average Price: 485.18
Lowest Price: 457.87 (June 1)
Highest Price: 501.31 (June 30)
Low-High differential ($): 43.44

June 1: 457.87
June 30: 501.31
Price change ($): +43.44
Price change (%): +9.5%

May 2009
Average Price: 420.11
Lowest Price: 383.18 (May 1)
Highest Price: 449.74 (May 29)
Low-High differential ($): 66.56

May 1: 383.18
May 29: 449.74
Price change ($): +66.56
Price change (%): +17.4%

April 2009
Average Price : 382.38
Lowest Price: 370.12 (April 2)
Highest Price: 389.93 (April 20)
Low-High differential ($): 19.81

April 1: 364.70
April 30: 382.13
Price change ($): +17.43
Price change (%): +4.8%