China's domestic futures main contracts opened mostly lower. Plastics'
month-to-date average fell over 5%; fuel oil down nearly 4%; SC crude futures
down more than 3%; iron ore down nearly 3%. Ethylene glycol, styrene and lithium
carbonate declined over 2%; benzene fell about 2%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) down
over 1%. On the upside, polysilicon rose more than 2%; p-xylene, propylene, PTA
and polypropylene month-to-date averages were up over 1%; short fiber, Shanghai
zinc and Shanghai tin gained roughly 1%.
