At the midday close, front-month domestic futures contracts were mostly lower.
SHFE silver fell nearly 5% and platinum dropped over 4%. Fuel oil, SHFE gold and
low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) lost more than 3%; LPG declined nearly 3%. SC crude and
PET bottle-chip futures slipped over 2%. Winners included polysilicon, up nearly
5%; silicon metal and aluminum, up over 3%; Europe-route container freight, up
more than 2%; caustic soda, iron ore, eggs and lithium carbonate, each up over
1%.
