At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts declined, with Shanghai silver falling over 14%, platinum over 7%, palladium over 6%, Shanghai tin over 5%, rapeseed and caustic soda over 4%, coking coal over 3%, and other commodities such as container shipping to Europe, logs, lithium carbonate, Shanghai nickel, coke, industrial silicon, Shanghai copper, international copper, PVC, and Shanghai gold all falling over 2%. On the upside, liquefied petroleum gas, alumina, and fuel oil rose over 1%.
