One year anniversary of the listing of pure benzene futures options, steady construction of the closed-loop risk management system in the chemical industry.

On July 8, 2025, pure benzene futures and options were listed on the Dalian Commodity Exchange, and now it has been one year since their listing. As a basic raw material in organic chemical industry, the listing of futures instruments is seen as a key turning point for the industry to transition from "extensive speculation" to "refined management", and can interact with other listed futures varieties such as styrene, creating a risk management closed loop for the industrial chain. A recent visit to many leading chemical companies revealed that pure benzene futures and options have gradually become integrated into the daily operations of the industrial chain. Especially in the first half of 2026, the Middle East geopolitical conflict caused a sharp fluctuation in global chemical prices, some production enterprises used the cross-commodity hedging combination of "pure benzene-styrene" to lock in the forward processing profit of the styrene plant, ensuring stable operation of the enterprise.