January 15th News: On January 15th, Sinopec's various sales companies implemented a butadiene price of 9,550 yuan/ton, an increase of 350 yuan/ton compared to the previous trading day. Recently, domestic and international butadiene prices have surged in tandem, with the main downstream synthetic rubber market also strengthening, forming an interconnected upward trend across the supply chain. Although some downstream sectors have seen their profit margins continuously narrow due to rapidly rising raw material costs, leading to more cautious purchasing, the core support logic of butadiene's short-term supply and demand fundamentals remains solid. Chempricehub's analysis of butadiene gives a long-short score of 1.5. The spot price of butadiene increased by 350 yuan/ton to 9,550 yuan/ton compared to the previous trading day, reflecting a significant rise driven by the joint surge in domestic and international prices and the strengthening downstream synthetic rubber market. Despite some downstream sectors experiencing narrowed profits and more cautious purchasing due to rising raw material costs, the core support from short-term supply and demand fundamentals remains solid, with tight supply and resilient demand driving prices upward. Combined with futures market data, the main butadiene rubber contract 2605 closed at 12,295 yuan/ton, up 200 yuan/ton, with stable open interest, indicating that futures prices have strengthened in sync with rising raw material costs, sustaining an overall favorable market trend.