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Thu 5 Aug 2010, 08:11 GMT

BIX price average dips in July


Average monthly global bunker price decreases for the third consecutive month in July.

The average monthly Bunker Index (BIX) price dropped by $4.84 per tonne, or 0.8 percent, during the month of July compared to the previous month, according to latest Bunker Index price data.

The BIX global monthly average decreased to $570.77 per tonne last month, down from $575.61 per tonne in June.

Please find a table below outlining average monthly Bunker Index prices between April 2009 and July 2010.

Month BIX Average +/- ($) +/- (%)
Jul 2010 570.77 -4.84 -0.8%
Jun 2010 575.61 -15.48 -2.6%
May 2010 591.09 -0.58 -0.1%
Apr 2010 591.67 +24.99 +4.4%
Mar 2010 566.68 +17.45 +3.2%
Feb 2010 549.23 -18.82 -3.3%
Jan 2010 568.05 +17.30 +3.1%
Dec 2009 550.75 -6.44 -1.2%
Nov 2009 557.19 +28.72 +5.4%
Oct 2009 528.47 +19.19 +3.8%
Sep 2009 509.28 +13.79 +2.6%
Aug 2009 523.07 +40.41+8.4%
Jul 2009 482.66 -2.52 -0.5%
Jun 2009 485.18 +65.07 +15.5%
May 2009 420.11 +37.73 +9.9%
Apr 2009 382.38


For further details regarding Bunker Index regional and global indices, please click on the following link to our index summary page below.

http://www.bunkerindex.com/prices/indices.php

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