Midday close: China domestic futures main contracts were mostly higher.
Propylene, styrene, polypropylene, polypropylene monthly average, plastics and
plastics monthly average rose more than 2%; stainless steel up about 2%; LPG up
over 1%. Weakness led by China-Europe container shipping route futures, down
over 5%; soda ash down over 3%; red dates down about 3%; glass, palladium and
Shanghai silver down more than 2%; platinum down about 2%; live hogs down over
1%.
