At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts rose, with the majority rising. Contracts for European shipping, SC crude oil, fuel oil, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), benzene, styrene, asphalt, BR rubber, liquefied petroleum gas, ethylene glycol, bottled chips, staple fiber, paraxylene, PTA, propylene, PVC, plastics, and polypropylene all hit their daily limit up. Methanol rose over 11%, palm oil rose over 6%, and caustic soda and coking coal rose over 5%. On the downside, tin and palladium fell over 2%.
