At the mid-session close, China’s most-active futures were mostly lower: fuel
oil and methanol fell more than 8%, SC crude dropped over 7%, low-sulfur fuel
oil (LU), PTA, paraxylene and asphalt declined over 6%, and bottle-grade PET
slipped about 6%. On the upside, Shanghai silver jumped over 7%, Shanghai tin
nearly 5%, Shanghai gold more than 4%, while glass, Shanghai zinc, platinum and
stainless steel futures gained above 2% and palladium rose about 2%.
