Caustic soda: The market started off well at the beginning of the week, with different increases in most regions, and there is support for fundamentals

Caustic soda spot analysis:      today China's caustic soda market as a whole shows a red upward trend, the supply side of some areas to bring some support to the market, the market transaction atmosphere is considerable, most of the market upward at the beginning of the week, the performance of the regional market mentality is OK. The local market transaction level has been maintained in the early stage, and the market price range has not changed significantly. Today, the center of gravity of market transactions in some areas of the liquid alkali market has moved up, and the overall performance of the market is considerable. Judging from the price adjustment in various regions, 32% of the ion-exchange membrane alkali rose 5-40 yuan / ton, 50% ion-exchange membrane alkali rose 40-50 yuan / ton, 48% ion-exchange membrane alkali rose 50 yuan / ton, 49% ion-exchange membrane alkali rose 15 yuan / ton, and the prices of other concentrations of alkali remained stable, and the price range was not significantly adjusted. First of all, chlor-alkali plants in some areas are expected to be overhauled this week, which has boosted the mentality of the local market, increased confidence in quotation, and the shipments of some enterprises are OK, so it supports the upward movement of the price center of the local market; the inventory of chlor-alkali enterprises in some areas is low, coupled with the rising local alumina prices drive the caustic soda market up; some areas are mainly affected by rising prices in Shandong. There are still some areas where the supply and demand side of the market does not change much, enterprise shipments are mainly stable, downstream demand maintains the pace of lukewarm rigid demand procurement, the wait-and-see atmosphere in the market is heavy, and there is no obvious change in the market transaction price range. Upstream production enterprises in Shandong area, most manufacturers raise their ex-factory quotations ranging from 10-50 yuan / ton, while most manufacturers in other areas wait and see for stable prices. Today, most areas of the tablet alkali market are mainly wait-and-see at the beginning of the week, market transactions are relatively flexible, market shipments in individual areas are OK, downstream demand is stable, prices move up, and downstream demand in most areas remains lukewarm and lukewarm, the market trading atmosphere maintains the previous level, the price range has not been significantly adjusted, and the mentality is relatively cautious.

Market price of caustic soda:

Caustic soda index analysis: according to Tuduoduo data, China's caustic soda index rose to 2423.45 on August 7, up 22.06%, or 0.919%. China's caustic soda index rose.

Caustic soda late forecast:     early week market off to a good start, most regional market prices rise, basically facing the market has a certain support. In the later stage, there are still maintenance plans for individual devices on the supply side this week, and some devices in some areas may have a low operating rate, and the supply has a certain positive support in the face of the local market. Devices in other areas have not heard of the relevant negative reduction or maintenance news, the start-up load or change is not large, the role of supporting the local market is not obvious. The recent trend of the alumina market downstream of the main demand side is OK, the price has risen continuously, and there is no price reduction on the purchase price, and according to the current situation, the rising price of caustic soda has not produced a greater repulsive psychology in alumina enterprises. coupled with the relative improvement in non-aluminum demand, the overall demand side has not been significantly negative, but the terminal demand has not been significantly improved, which hinders the rise of the market to a certain extent. There are rumors about the resumption of alumina production in Shanxi, so we need to pay attention to the actual demand after resumption. Short-term caustic soda market is expected to show a regional upward trend, we need to pay attention to the changes of both supply and demand.

Market price of liquid chlorine:

Liquid chlorine index analysis:    according to Tuduoduo data, China's liquid chlorine spot index was 177.89 on August 7, down 0%, with a range of 0%. China's liquid chlorine index is stable.