At the open, China's domestic futures main contracts skewed weaker: coking coal,
soda ash and platinum fell more than 2%; fuel oil and synthetic rubber were down
about 2%; glass, coke, 20# rubber and plastics dropped over 1%. On the upside,
polysilicon, paraxylene (PX), PTA and short fiber gained more than 1%;
bottle-grade PET chips, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and benzene rose about 1%.