At the morning open, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher.
Polysilicon and SC crude led gains, up over 4%; fuel oil rose nearly 3%;
asphalt, ethylene glycol (EG), coke and styrene (EB) gained more than 2%;
low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) was up about 2%; container freight rates on Europe
routes climbed over 1%. On the downside, platinum fell more than 2%, while
palladium, SHFE silver, SHFE nickel and SHFE tin were down over 1%.