By midday close, China’s main futures were mixed-to-positive: ferrosilicon +>3%, polysilicon +>2%, Shanghai silver, 20# rubber and rapeseed oil near +2%; live hogs, stainless steel (SS) and rubber >+1%. Decliners: container freight Europe route ->3%,

2026-08-04

By midday close, China’s main futures were mixed-to-positive: ferrosilicon +>3%, polysilicon +>2%, Shanghai silver, 20# rubber and rapeseed oil near +2%; live hogs, stainless steel (SS) and rubber >+1%. Decliners: container freight Europe route ->3%, ethylene glycol (EG) and SC crude ->2%, red dates ~-2%; fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) ->1%, LPG and urea ~-1%.