An illuminated petrochemical plant at night. (Photographer: Eiji Ohashi/Bloomberg)
After rising last fiscal, prices of petrochemicals have declined so far in the ongoing financial year amid global logistical snags and demand evaporating because of the second Covid-19 wave. That’s likely to impact segment’s earnings for India’s oil marketing firms.The Bloomberg SE Asia General Purpose Polymer Index, which represents prices of polymers—or substances used to make everything from textile fibres to paints, glue and drug...