At the opening of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts rose. Platinum surged over 10%, synthetic rubber hit its daily limit up of 6.99%, silver rose over 6%, palladium rose over 5%, and TSR20 rubber, styrene (EB), PTA, and rubber rose nearly 3%. Lithium carbonate, bottled chips, benzene, staple fiber, and ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 2%. On the downside, SC crude oil fell over 2%, and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell nearly 1%.