China's commodity futures main contracts were mixed at the morning session
close. Glass fell about 3%, soda ash dropped over 2%; aluminum, cast aluminum
and coking coal declined more than 1%; urea, stainless steel (SS) and Shanghai
aluminum were down near 1%. On the upside, synthetic rubber rose over 2%; pulp,
methanol and container freight—Europe route gained nearly 2%; PTA, paraxylene
(PX), eggs, short fiber, plastics, fuel oil, SC crude oil and PET flakes
more advanced than 1%.