General Index also provides new benchmarks to solve the industry's evolving pricing needs, working with market participants to create new indexes as required by changing dynamics. The first of these are the Global Crude Index (GCX) and the Cross Atlantic series (CAXs) comprising crude, gasoline and diesel.
General Index has developed a new crude index to better reflect market conditions and the shifting roles played by the three major benchmarks in the producing areas of the world.
The General Index European crude module comprises the Dated Brent spot price, as well as spot price assessments for the constituent five grades.
US crude prices will be based on an all-day volume-weighted average spanning key grades and locations across the US Gulf coast, Texas, and the midcontinent.
Crude Cross Atlantic benchmark comprised of Brent and WTI, with the relevant futures contracts providing the value underpinning the index.
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Eurobob Oxy is the key European marker for physical gasoline barges in North West Europe and reflects preoxygenate blendstocks suitable for E5 blending.
General Index calculates jet fuel indexes for the barge and cargo markets, utilising end-of-day assessment processes.
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The European LPG service from General Index provides insight into water-bourne markets and will be of relevance to Europe, Asia and the US. Included are the CIF Large Cargoes assessments for both Propane and Butane in north west Europe.
The Asia-Pacific region’s busy spot market is central to a high-consuming region that continues to expand. General Index’s market team combines analytical reporting with expertise of market fundamentals to produce daily reports of accurate, transparent prices and analysis.
