At the close of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts were in positive territory, with Shanghai silver rising over 14%, platinum over 9%, palladium over 7%, container shipping to Europe up over 5%, Shanghai tin up nearly 5%, synthetic rubber and fuel oil up over 4%, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and Shanghai gold up nearly 4%, and Shanghai nickel up over 3%. On the downside, lithium carbonate fell over 2%, pulp fell 1%, and live hogs and apples fell nearly 1%.
