At the close of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts declined, with container shipping to Europe falling over 9%, coking coal, methanol, and coking coal down over 2%, platinum and iron ore down nearly 2%, and SC crude oil and ethylene glycol (EG) down over 1%. On the upside, lithium carbonate rose over 5%, polysilicon rose over 3%, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and zinc rose over 1%, and TSR20 rubber, tin, cotton, and soybean meal rose nearly 1%.
