At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts declined, with bottled PET chips falling over 5%, paraxylene down nearly 5%, synthetic rubber down over 4%, PTA and coking coal down nearly 4%, staple fiber and ethylene glycol (EG) down over 3%, and

2026-05-22

At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts declined, with bottled PET chips falling over 5%, paraxylene down nearly 5%, synthetic rubber down over 4%, PTA and coking coal down nearly 4%, staple fiber and ethylene glycol (EG) down over 3%, and SC crude oil and coke down over 2%. On the upside, container shipping to Europe rose over 3%, live hogs rose over 2%, and eggs and lithium carbonate rose nearly 2%.