At midday close, domestic futures contracts showed mixed results. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) rose over 8%, manganese silicon rose over 3%, and apples, caustic soda, pulp, starch, and ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 2%. On the downside, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell over 8%, silver and bottled PET chips fell over 6%, PTA, PX, and fuel oil fell over 4%, and asphalt and gold fell nearly 4%.