At midday close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher. Ethylene glycol (EG) led gains, up more than 5%; Shanghai crude (SC) rose over 4%. Fuel oil, benzene, synthetic rubber, cooking coal and PET bottle-grade chips advanced over 3%; poly

2026-08-07

At midday close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher. Ethylene glycol (EG) led gains, up more than 5%; Shanghai crude (SC) rose over 4%. Fuel oil, benzene, synthetic rubber, cooking coal and PET bottle-grade chips advanced over 3%; polysilicon gained nearly 3%. Decliners included fiberboard, down more than 1%, and lithium carbonate, down about 1%.