Seasonality
LYB seasonality — LyondellBasell
Over the last 11 years, LYB's strongest month on average has been November (+5.0%) and its weakest June (-2.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.33% | +4.73% | 70% | +16.4% | -17.6% | 10 |
| Feb | +2.37% | -0.10% | 50% | +20.2% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.35% | -0.87% | 40% | +40.1% | -30.6% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.87% | -0.13% | 50% | +16.8% | -17.3% | 10 |
| May | -1.22% | -1.75% | 40% | +10.0% | -15.8% | 10 |
| Jun | -2.53% | +0.20% | 50% | +16.0% | -23.4% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.80% | +1.38% | 70% | +17.9% | -4.9% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.50% | +0.23% | 50% | +4.8% | -7.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.39% | -5.30% | 30% | +15.6% | -13.0% | 10 |
| Oct | -1.06% | -2.00% | 40% | +19.4% | -12.9% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.01% | +4.53% | 78% | +24.3% | -6.1% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.97% | -1.18% | 40% | +7.7% | -11.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — LYB
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13.2 | 17.4 | 40.1 | -7.4 | -10.7 | -21.0 | 17.9 | 4.8 | -11.7 | 19.4 | -11.5 | +40.2% | |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 1.5 | -8.4 | -17.3 | -3.0 | 2.4 | 0.1 | -2.7 | -13.0 | -5.3 | 5.5 | -11.6 | -41.7% |
| 2024 | -1.0 | 6.5 | 2.0 | -2.3 | -0.6 | -3.8 | 4.0 | -0.8 | -2.8 | -9.4 | -4.0 | -10.9 | -21.9% |
| 2023 | 16.4 | -0.7 | -2.2 | 0.8 | -9.6 | 7.3 | 7.7 | -0.1 | -4.1 | -4.7 | 5.4 | -0.0 | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 7.8 | -23.4 | 1.9 | -6.9 | -9.3 | 1.6 | 11.2 | -2.3 | -10.0% |
| 2021 | -6.4 | 20.2 | 0.9 | -0.3 | 8.6 | -8.7 | -3.4 | 1.0 | -6.5 | -1.1 | -6.1 | 5.8 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | -17.6 | -8.2 | -30.6 | 16.8 | 10.0 | 3.1 | -4.9 | 4.7 | 7.7 | -2.9 | 24.3 | 7.7 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 4.6 | -1.7 | -1.7 | 4.9 | -15.8 | 16.0 | -2.8 | -7.5 | 15.6 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 2.1 | +13.6% |
| 2018 | 8.6 | -9.7 | -2.4 | 0.1 | 6.0 | -2.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | -9.1 | -12.9 | 4.5 | -10.9 | -24.6% |
| 2017 | 8.7 | -2.2 | -0.1 | -7.0 | -5.0 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 9.3 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 5.4 | +28.6% |
| 2016 | -5.0 |