金信期货PTA乙二醇日刊-20251021

Report Summary 1) Report Industry Investment Rating - No investment rating information is provided in the report. 2) Core Views - PTA: The PTA futures market is expected to oscillate in the short - term, mainly influenced by the cost side. The processing fee remains low, leading to frequent changes in PTA plant loads, and the spot basis is running weakly. The downstream weaving start - up rate is rising slowly [2]. - MEG: The ethylene glycol market is expected to experience short - term shock adjustments. Port inventories have been accumulating since October. Although the cost pressure of oil - based production has eased, coal and natural gas prices are squeezing the coal - based and gas - based production routes. The orders in the weaving market are differentiated, and the demand for winter warm - keeping fabrics is gradually picking up [3]. 3) Summary by Related Catalogs PTA - Market Condition: On October 21, the basis of the main contract TA2601 was - 85 yuan/ton, down 11 yuan/ton from the previous day. The market price in East China was 4325 yuan/ton, down 15 yuan/ton from the previous trading day [2]. - Fundamentals: The cost side, crude oil, is oscillating downward. The PTA capacity utilization rate is 75.98%, unchanged from the previous day. There have been many maintenance and changes in devices under low processing fees recently. The PTA factory inventory days this week are 4.08 days, a decrease of 0.14 days compared to the previous week [2]. - Main Force Trends: There are differences between long and short main forces [2]. MEG - Market Condition: On October 21, the basis of the main contract eg2601 was 72 yuan/ton, up 2 yuan/ton from the previous day. The market price in East China was 4075 yuan/ton, down 25 yuan/ton from the previous trading day [3]. - Fundamentals: The cost side, crude oil, is oscillating downward, and coal prices are falling. The total inventory of MEG ports in East China this week is 49.3 tons, an increase of 4.99 tons compared to the previous week [3]. - Main Force Trends: The long main force has increased positions [3].