By the morning-session close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower.
Shanghai silver slid nearly 7%, platinum fell over 5% and Shanghai gold dropped
almost 4%. Coking coal declined more than 3%; LPG and palladium were down about
3%. No.20 rubber and Shanghai nickel lost over 2%. On the upside, container
freight to Europe and aluminum rose over 3%, industrial silicon gained more than
2%, caustic soda, ferrosilicon and eggs were up over 1%, while manganese silicon
and live hogs rose about 1%.
