At the close of the morning session, domestic futures contracts showed mixed results. Lithium carbonate rose over 6%, palladium rose over 3%, butadiene rubber, TSR20 rubber, platinum, and caustic soda rose over 2%, and coking coal rose nearly 2%. On the downside, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and SC crude oil fell over 5%, fuel oil, shipping index, and apples fell over 4%, and polysilicon fell over 3%.