By the morning close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Fuel oil
and red dates fell more than 4%; urea dropped nearly 4%; Shanghai crude (SC)
down nearly 3%. Iron ore and ethylene glycol (EG) declined over 2%; Shanghai
nickel slipped nearly 2%; manganese‑silicon fell just over 1%. Winners included
polysilicon, up over 7%; container freight (Europe route) up nearly 3%; eggs,
PTA, rapeseed and Shanghai zinc rose more than 1%; industrial silicon up about
1%.
