At the midday close, China's most-active futures contracts were mixed. Rapeseed
oil rose over 3%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and propylene gained more than 2%.
Live hogs, LPG, PTA, logs, benzene, paraxylene (PX) and apples advanced around
2%. On the downside, lithium carbonate fell over 4% and polysilicon dropped more
than 3%; aluminum, red dates, asphalt and Shanghai nickel (SHFE) declined over
1%.