On August 16th, the commodity price index (BPI) stood at 954 points, an increase of 2 points compared to yesterday, a decrease of 28.97% from the cycle's highest point of 1343 points (2021-10-19), and an increase of 44.55% from the lowest point of 660 points on February 3, 2016. (Note: The cycle refers to the period from December 1st, 2011 to the present)

According to the price monitoring of SunSirs, on August 16, 2023, there were a total of 61 commodities with a month on month increase in the list of commodity prices, mainly concentrated in the chemical sector (28 in total) and the steel sector (11 in total), with commodities with an increase of over 5% mainly concentrated in the chemical sector; The top three commodities with the highest increase were ammonium nitrate (6.50%), hydrogen peroxide (5.43%), and PC (2.89%). There were a total of 43 commodities that experienced a month on month decline, mainly in chemical industry (12 in total) and textile (8 in total). The top three commodities with a decline were lithium carbonate industrial grade (-3.39%), lithium carbonate battery grade (-3.17%), and WTI crude oil (-2.64%). The daily average increase or decrease was 0.11%.

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