At midday closing, domestic futures contracts showed mixed results. PX rose over 4%, nickel and lithium carbonate rose over 3%, silver, tin, copper, international copper, palladium, and platinum rose over 2%, and PTA, bottled ceramics, and live hogs rose over 1%. On the downside, container shipping to Europe, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), and asphalt fell over 2%, while liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), palm oil, and propylene fell over 1%.