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Iain Pocock

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<ul><li>Global base oils margins mostly hold at levels that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain high output.</li><li>Incentive for refiners to maintain high output puts pressure on global demand to remain sufficiently firm to absorb steady-to-higher supply.</li><li>Pressure on demand to hold firm coincides with time of year when demand typically starts to ease.</li></ul>

Global base oils margins mostly hold at levels that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain high output.Incentive for refiners to maintain high output puts pressure on global demand to remain sufficiently firm to absorb steady-to-higher supply.Pressure on demand to hold firm coincides with time of year when demand typically starts to ease.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 22 September

<ul><li>Asia’s Group II base oils prices stay firm relative to feedstock and gasoil prices.</li><li>Firm margins point to still-balanced-to-tight fundamentals, sustaining incentive for refiners to maintain high output.</li><li>Margins hold firm despite scant scheduled plant-maintenance work and expected start-up of new production and shipments in coming weeks.</li></ul>

Asia’s Group II base oils prices stay firm relative to feedstock and gasoil prices.Firm margins point to still-balanced-to-tight fundamentals, sustaining incentive for refiners to maintain high output.Margins hold firm despite scant scheduled plant-maintenance work and expected start-up of new production and shipments in coming weeks.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 22 September

<ul><li>Europe’s Group II base oils prices maintain steep premium to FOB US and FOB Asia export prices.</li><li>Europe’s Group II base oils prices also maintain steep premium to US domestic prices.</li><li>Europe’s steep Group II base oils price-premium to other regions boosts attraction of moving more shipments to the region.</li></ul>

Europe’s Group II base oils prices maintain steep premium to FOB US and FOB Asia export prices.Europe’s Group II base oils prices also maintain steep premium to US domestic prices.Europe’s steep Group II base oils price-premium to other regions boosts attraction of moving more shipments to the region.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 22 September

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could turn more cautious amid signs of healthy availability and unusual change in trade flows.</li><li>Limited build-up of surplus supplies so far in Q3 2025 had eased concern about price-volatility, supporting steadier demand.</li><li>Buyers could instead limit their procurement plans amid unusual surge in Singapore’s base oils exports to southeast Asia in recent weeks.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could turn more cautious amid signs of healthy availability and unusual change in trade flows.Limited build-up of surplus supplies so far in Q3 2025 had eased concern about price-volatility, supporting steadier demand.Buyers could instead limit their procurement plans amid unusual surge in Singapore’s base oils exports to southeast Asia in recent weeks.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 22 September

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Bursa stocks as of Sep 19th. The aggregated short interest is USD377m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in CIMB, Gamuda, Sime Darby, VS Industry, Telekom Malaysia.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Bursa stocks as of Sep 19th. The aggregated short interest is USD377m.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in CIMB, Gamuda, Sime Darby, VS Industry, Telekom Malaysia.


Bursa Short Interest Weekly (Sep 19th): CIMB, Gamuda, Sime Darby, VS Industry, Telekom Malaysia

Malaysia

Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd. is a chemical company. The Company offers a diversified range of petrochemical products such as olefins, polymers, fertilisers, methanol, and other basic chemicals and derivative products.

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Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 22 September

Global base oils margins mostly hold at levels that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain high output. Incentive for refiners to maintain...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 22 September

Asia’s Group II base oils prices stay firm relative to feedstock and gasoil prices. Firm margins point to still-balanced-to-tight fundamentals,...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 22 September

Europe’s Group II base oils prices maintain steep premium to FOB US and FOB Asia export prices. Europe’s Group II base oils prices also maintain...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 22 September

Asia’s base oils demand could turn more cautious amid signs of healthy availability and unusual change in trade flows. Limited build-up of surplus...

Base Oil News

Bursa Short Interest Weekly (Sep 19th): CIMB, Gamuda, Sime Darby, VS Industry, Telekom Malaysia

We analyzed Bursa Malaysia short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in CIMB, Gamuda, Sime Darby, VS Industry,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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