沥青日报：高开后震荡下行-20251118

Report Industry Investment Rating - No relevant content provided Core View - The asphalt market is facing a situation where supply is decreasing, demand is weakening, and prices are showing a weak and volatile trend. The supply side is affected by refinery conversions to produce other products, and the demand side is restricted by factors such as funds, weather, and overall infrastructure investment. Additionally, the excess supply of crude oil and the release of low - price resources from refineries are also contributing to the weakening of asphalt prices [1][4]. Summary by Directory Market Analysis - Supply: Last week, the asphalt operating rate dropped by 0.7 percentage points to 29.0% week - on - week, 2.0 percentage points lower than the same period last year, at a relatively low level in recent years. In November, the estimated domestic asphalt production is 222.8 million tons, a decrease of 45.4 million tons (16.9%) month - on - month and 27.4 million tons (11.0%) year - on - year. Refineries such as Qilu Petrochemical and Shanghai Petrochemical have switched to producing residual oil [1][4]. - Demand: As of the week of November 14, most of the operating rates of downstream asphalt industries were stable. The operating rate of road asphalt decreased by 1 percentage point to 33% week - on - week, slightly higher than the same period last year, restricted by funds and weather. From January to September, the national highway construction investment decreased by 6.0% year - on - year. From January to October, the cumulative year - on - year growth rate of fixed - asset investment in road transportation was - 4.3%, and the cumulative year - on - year growth rate of infrastructure investment (excluding electricity) was - 0.1% [1][4]. - Price: OPEC adjusted the global oil market from a shortage of 400,000 barrels per day in the third quarter of 2025 to a surplus of 500,000 barrels per day, leading to a decline in crude oil prices. The release of low - price resources from refineries in the long - term has weakened the basis of asphalt in Shandong, and the spot price is weak. The futures price of asphalt is weakly volatile [1]. Futures and Spot Market Conditions - Futures: Today, the asphalt futures 2601 contract fell 0.36% to 3032 yuan/ton, below the 5 - day moving average. The lowest price was 3029 yuan/ton, the highest was 3072 yuan/ton, and the open interest decreased by 2515 to 191,962 lots [2]. - Basis: The mainstream market price in Shandong remained at 3010 yuan/ton, and the basis of the asphalt 01 contract rose to - 22 yuan/ton, at a neutral level [3]. Fundamental Tracking - Supply: Refineries such as Qilu Petrochemical and Shanghai Petrochemical have switched to producing residual oil, causing the asphalt operating rate to drop by 0.7 percentage points to 29.0% week - on - week, 2.0 percentage points lower than the same period last year, at a relatively low level in recent years [4]. - Demand: From January to September, the national highway construction investment decreased by 6.0% year - on - year. From January to October, the cumulative year - on - year growth rate of fixed - asset investment in road transportation was - 4.3%, and the cumulative year - on - year growth rate of infrastructure investment (excluding electricity) was - 0.1%. As of the week of November 14, the operating rate of road asphalt decreased by 1 percentage point to 33% week - on - week, slightly higher than the same period last year, restricted by funds and weather [4]. - Inventory: As of the week of November 14, the inventory - to - sales ratio of asphalt refineries increased by 0.4 percentage points to 14.5% week - on - week, still at the lowest level in recent years [5].