# Asia's PX-MX Spread Narrows As Energy Prices Slump

> Asia's paraxylene-mixed xylene spread narrowed 7.2% week on week to $141 per metric ton on Nov. 4, its lowest since Oct. 23, as PX and MX prices fell sharply. Front-month January Brent crude sank 14.6% on the week to $94.62/bbl.

- Date: 2026-11-05 · published 2026-11-05T12:11:23.137Z
- Category: market · region Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/81679-asia-s-px-mx-spread-narrows-as-energy-prices-slump
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

The spread remains above the roughly $100/mt breakeven, so producers can keep running hard, but lower crude weakens feedstock and petrochemical price support. This is a petrochemical market move with no direct effect on feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- BRENT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- opis.com: https://www.opis.com/resources/energy-market-news-from-opis/asias-px-mx-spread-narrows-as-energy-prices-slump/

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