At the opening of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts rose, with live hogs and PTA rising by more than 2%, and aluminum, iron ore, asphalt, soda ash, methanol, bottled PET chips, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), benzene, and lead risin

2026-04-16

At the opening of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts rose, with live hogs and PTA rising by more than 2%, and aluminum, iron ore, asphalt, soda ash, methanol, bottled PET chips, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), benzene, and lead rising by more than 1%. On the downside, tin, stainless steel (SS), plastics, rapeseed meal, and PVC fell slightly.