At midday closing, domestic futures contracts showed mixed results. Apple and soybean futures rose over 2%, while styrene (EB), bottled chips, PTA, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), logs, and ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 1%. On the downside, methanol fell over 2%, while glass, tin, coking coal, lithium carbonate, industrial silicon, nickel, and container shipping to Europe fell over 1%.