At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts declined, with coking coal falling over 6%, fuel oil down over 4%, coke and synthetic rubber down nearly 4%, polysilicon down over 3%, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and SC crude oil down nearly 3%, and industrial silicon down over 2%. On the upside, container shipping to Europe and lithium carbonate rose over 3%, alumina rose over 2%, live pigs, eggs, and starch rose over 1%, and logs rose nearly 1%.
