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

2026-08-13

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%.