At midday closing, domestic futures contracts showed mixed results. Platinum rose nearly 11%, silver rose over 8%, palladium rose over 7%, tin rose over 6%, lithium carbonate and gold rose over 3%, caustic soda rose over 2%, and international copper and copper rose nearly 2%. On the downside, styrene (EB) fell over 2%, while logs, ferrosilicon, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), manganese silicon, coking coal, asphalt, and apples fell over 1%.