At mid-session close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly lower. Lithium
carbonate and coking coal fell more than 4%; fuel oil and coke slid over 3%;
benzene and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) dropped around 3%; SC crude, synthetic
rubber, eggs and styrene declined more than 2%. On the upside, container freight
on the Europe route rose over 3%; Shanghai tin, palladium and polysilicon gained
about 2%; apples and platinum were up over 1%; Shanghai silver and rapeseed meal
rose about 1%.
