May 12 – In April, domestic styrene plants continued the trend of seasonal maintenance, with the weekly capacity utilization rate declining from 72.43% to 71.94%. Chempricehub's assessment of styrene: Bullish/Bearish Score: 1. In the spot market, domestic styrene plants maintained their seasonal maintenance trend in April, with the capacity utilization rate dropping from 72.43% to 71.94%. The slight contraction on the supply side provided support for spot prices. In the futures market, the main contract 2606 for styrene closed at 9,544 CNY/ton on May 11, 2026, up 174 CNY/ton from the previous trading day, with a trading volume of 280,019 lots and open interest of 173,286 lots. The expectation of supply contraction drove futures prices to strengthen, generally supporting styrene prices.