At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts were up, with container shipping to Europe, fuel oil, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), SC crude oil, methanol, benzene, propylene, polypropylene, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and ethylene glycol (EG) all

2026-03-02

At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts were up, with container shipping to Europe, fuel oil, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), SC crude oil, methanol, benzene, propylene, polypropylene, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and ethylene glycol (EG) all hitting their daily limit. Shanghai silver rose over 9%, while paraxylene (PX), PTA, and synthetic rubber rose over 6%. On the downside, polysilicon fell over 2%, and live hogs fell nearly 2%.