Orient Securities·2025-04-21 01:45Investment Rating - The industry investment rating is "Positive (Maintain)" [6] Core Views - The report highlights a rebound in oil prices due to easing U.S. tariff policies and tightening supply expectations. It emphasizes a focus on leading companies with strong alpha that are less correlated with oil prices, suggesting a bottom-fishing strategy. The report also recommends paying attention to domestic demand and opportunities in new material substitutions, particularly in the agricultural chemical sector during the spring farming season [13][15]. Summary by Sections 1. Core Views - The report suggests maintaining a focus on leading companies with strong fundamentals and low correlation to oil prices, while also monitoring domestic demand and new material substitution opportunities [13][15]. - Recommended companies include: - Huangma Technology: A leader in specialty polyether, showing signs of recovery from previous macro demand pressures [13]. - Runfeng Co., Ltd.: A rare company with global formulation registration and sales channels [14]. - Guoguang Co., Ltd.: A leader in differentiated formulations in the plant growth regulator sector [14]. - Hualu Hengsheng: Benefiting from recovering core product prices and declining coal prices, leading to improved price differentials [14]. 2. Oil and Chemical Price Information - As of April 16, Brent oil prices increased by 4.9% to $67.96 per barrel. Despite the IEA lowering oil demand growth forecasts, market concerns over U.S. tariff policies eased, contributing to the price increase [15]. - The report monitors 188 chemical products, with the top three price increases being: - Trichloroethylene: Up 16.3% - Butane: Up 8.9% - WTI: Up 7.7% - The top three price decreases were: - Liquid chlorine: Down 62.3% - D4: Down 17.8% - Anthracene oil: Down 12.4% [16][17]. 3. Price Spread Information - The top three price spread increases for the week were: - Carbon black spread: Up 64.5% - Calcium carbide PVC spread: Up 57.8% - Monoammonium phosphate: Up 14.5% - The top three price spread decreases were: - Butyl acrylate spread: Down 50.7% - Hydrogen peroxide spread: Down 44.4% - MTP spread: Down 30.2% [19][20].