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<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could get support from moves to replenish stocks that were more balanced than expected at start of Q3 2025.</li><li>Blenders could be targeting additional supplies to cover seasonal rise in consumption in final weeks of Q3 2025.</li><li>Stocks could be more balanced than expected because of unusually strong rise in demand at end-Q2 2025.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from moves to replenish stocks that were more balanced than expected at start of Q3 2025.Blenders could be targeting additional supplies to cover seasonal rise in consumption in final weeks of Q3 2025.Stocks could be more balanced than expected because of unusually strong rise in demand at end-Q2 2025.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 11 August

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 Aug 8th. The aggregated short interest is USD405m.</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 Top Glove, Inari Amertron, YTL, Hartalega, Frontken.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Bursa stocks as of Aug 8th. The aggregated short interest is USD405m.
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 Top Glove, Inari Amertron, YTL, Hartalega, Frontken.


Bursa Short Interest Weekly (Aug 8th): Top Glove, Inari Amertron, YTL, Hartalega, Frontken

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could get support from moves to lock in supplies to meet seasonal pick-up in demand during final weeks of Q3 2025.</li><li>Demand could have already got steady underlying support in recent weeks because of tighter-than-expected supply-demand fundamentals at start of Q3 2025.</li><li>Persistently tighter fundamentals could prompt buyers to maintain higher stocks until they are confident about any sustained improvement in supply.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from moves to lock in supplies to meet seasonal pick-up in demand during final weeks of Q3 2025.Demand could have already got steady underlying support in recent weeks because of tighter-than-expected supply-demand fundamentals at start of Q3 2025.Persistently tighter fundamentals could prompt buyers to maintain higher stocks until they are confident about any sustained improvement in supply.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 4 August

<ul><li>Group II heavy-grade base oils premium to light grades is almost the same in US, Europe and Asia markets at same time and for first time in more than five years.</li><li>Similar price-spreads in all those markets contrast with diverging fundamentals driving those similar price-spreads, especially in Europe.</li><li>Similar price-spreads in US vs other markets follow sustained weakness of US heavy-grade prices because of persistent surplus supply.</li></ul>

Group II heavy-grade base oils premium to light grades is almost the same in US, Europe and Asia markets at same time and for first time in more than five years.Similar price-spreads in all those markets contrast with diverging fundamentals driving those similar price-spreads, especially in Europe.Similar price-spreads in US vs other markets follow sustained weakness of US heavy-grade prices because of persistent surplus supply.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 4 August

<ul><li>Asia’s Group II heavy-grade base oils price-premium to gasoil holds steady at lower level, close to levels in Q4 2024.</li><li>Lower heavy-grade base oils margins and falling regional cargo price point to weaker supply-demand fundamentals.</li><li>Even at lower level, price-premium remains at level that incentivizes refiners to maintain steady output of the product.</li></ul>

Asia’s Group II heavy-grade base oils price-premium to gasoil holds steady at lower level, close to levels in Q4 2024.Lower heavy-grade base oils margins and falling regional cargo price point to weaker supply-demand fundamentals.Even at lower level, price-premium remains at level that incentivizes refiners to maintain steady output of the product.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 4 August

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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Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 11 August

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from moves to replenish stocks that were more balanced than expected at start of Q3 2025. Blenders could...

Base Oil News

Bursa Short Interest Weekly (Aug 8th): Top Glove, Inari Amertron, YTL, Hartalega, Frontken

We analyzed Bursa Malaysia short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Top Glove, Inari Amertron, YTL,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 4 August

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from moves to lock in supplies to meet seasonal pick-up in demand during final weeks of Q3 2025. Demand...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 4 August

Group II heavy-grade base oils premium to light grades is almost the same in US, Europe and Asia markets at same time and for first time in more...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 4 August

Asia’s Group II heavy-grade base oils price-premium to gasoil holds steady at lower level, close to levels in Q4 2024. Lower heavy-grade base oils...

Base Oil News

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