Early session, China's main futures contracts opened mixed with declines outnumbering gains. SC crude fell over 4%; LPG and container freight (Europe route) dropped more than 3%; methanol declined nearly 3%; fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) slip

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Early session, China's main futures contracts opened mixed with declines outnumbering gains. SC crude fell over 4%; LPG and container freight (Europe route) dropped more than 3%; methanol declined nearly 3%; fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) slipped over 2%. Down more than 1% were polypropylene, asphalt, benzene, BR rubber, plastics, p-xylene, ethylene glycol, propylene, coke, polysilicon and styrene. On the upside, platinum rose over 2%; iron ore and Shanghai silver gained more than 1%; Shanghai gold, soybean meal and pulp were up around 1%.

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