At the close, China's front-month futures were mostly higher. Container-shipping
Europe-route contracts jumped over 11%; coking coal rose more than 7%; eggs and
Coke gained over 5%; asphalt, plastics, fuel oil and propylene advanced over 2%.
Decliners included raw logs, Soybean No.1 and pulp, each down more than 1%; SHFE
zinc, stainless steel, SHFE nickel and palladium fell about 1%.