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The Hermaion

No. 4

Market report, week 43, 2956

Week 43, 2956

19 Oct to 25 Oct 2956

The Hermaion Index

1,253aUEC per SCU

-3.7% on the week before

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Market report

No. 4, week 43

Contents

In this issue.

  1. 01The Hermaion Index3
  2. 01The ten routes behind the Index4
  3. 02Best loops5
  4. 03Prices6
  5. 04Routes to watch7
  6. 05Route of the week8
  7. Join Hermaion9

From the desk

The week in the market, from our own route engine and records. Worked out for a C2 Hercules (696 SCU) with 1,000,000 aUEC, on prices as of from UEX and our own records. Check in game before a big buy.

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The Hermaion Index

Margins, week on week.

What a hauler makes on each SCU of cargo on the best trade runs right now. Higher means trading pays better; a fall means margins are thinning.

1,253aUEC per SCU

-3.7%Last week 1,301, down 3.7%.

Week 40: 1,452Week 43: 1,253
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The Index, continued

The ten routes behind it.

For each commodity, its best run within one system for the report's haul. The ten most profitable make the Index: their margins averaged, weighted by the SCU carried on each.

The routes in the Hermaion Index
Route and cargoMargin
Shubin Mining Facility SMCa-8 to Nyx GatewayQuartz, 3,120 to 5,1001,980
Ashland to Chawla's BeachLifeCure Medsticks, 574 to 1,400826
Shubin Mining Facility SAL-2 to Everus HarborCorundum, 2,508 to 3,9001,392
Fallow Field to Shepherd's RestAudio-Visual Equipment, 25,004 to 39,00013,996
Ruin Station to Patch CitySilicon, 1,881 to 2,9001,019
Rustville to Shepherd's RestOrganics, 9,257 to 14,0004,743
Gaslight to Stanton GatewayDistilled Spirits, 1,312 to 2,000688
Starlight Service Station to EndgameDynaFlex, 1,350 to 2,000650
Bueno Ravine to EndgameIron, 2,640 to 3,8001,160
Shubin Mining Facility SAL-2 to MIC-L5 Modern Icarus StationHephaestanite, 3,929 to 5,6001,671
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Best loops

The loops that paid.

  1. 01
    Shepherd's RestThe Golden RivieraRustvilleShepherd's Rest

    Golden Medmon, Bioplastic, Organics1,382,059 aUEC/h, 47 min*

  2. 02
    AshlandFallow FieldAshland

    Amioshi Plague, Audio-Visual Equipment1,352,949 aUEC/h, 34 min*

  3. 03
    Shepherd's RestRustvilleShepherd's Rest

    Fresh Food, Organics1,257,946 aUEC/h, 34 min*

  4. 04
    Bueno RavineThe Golden RivieraRustvilleBueno Ravine

    Bexalite, Bioplastic, Dymantium1,235,173 aUEC/h, 47 min*

  5. 05
    AshlandChawla's BeachSeer's CanyonAshland

    LifeCure Medsticks, Atlasium, Audio-Visual Equipment1,228,496 aUEC/h, 51 min*

Round trips within one system, by profit an hour. * An estimated loop time.

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Prices

What moved most.

The average aUEC per SCU players got across every terminal, on the last day of the week against a week before. Our own daily record.

Up

  • Compboard30,314 to 30,841+1.7%
  • Cobalt20,136 to 20,455+1.6%
  • Chlorine1,447 to 1,465+1.2%

Down

  • Iodine11,275 to 11,098-1.6%
  • E'tam24,143 to 23,821-1.3%
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Routes to watch

A quiet week.

Interdictions, attacks and hostile ships reported by our associates on each route or near either end. 0 reports in all.

A quiet week: no hazard reports on these routes.

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Route of the week

One loop, worth the fuel.

Shepherd's RestThe Golden RivieraRustvilleShepherd's Rest

1,382,059aUEC an hour

47 min a loop, estimated. For a C2 Hercules with 1,000,000 aUEC.

  1. Shepherd's Rest to The Golden Riviera332,945

    17 SCU Golden Medmon, 51,415 to 71,000

  2. The Golden Riviera to Rustville237,424

    152 SCU Bioplastic, 6,538 to 8,100

  3. Rustville to Shepherd's Rest512,244

    108 SCU Organics, 9,257 to 14,000

Up front
999,756 aUEC
Hazards, 7 days
None reported
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