As of the 23:00 market close, most domestic futures contracts rose, with ethylene glycol (EG) up over 4%, fuel oil up over 3%, rapeseed oil up over 2%, and asphalt, coking coal, soda ash, TSR20 rubber, synthetic rubber, and propylene all up over 1%.

2026-08-19

As of the 23:00 market close, most domestic futures contracts rose, with ethylene glycol (EG) up over 4%, fuel oil up over 3%, rapeseed oil up over 2%, and asphalt, coking coal, soda ash, TSR20 rubber, synthetic rubber, and propylene all up over 1%. On the downside, PTA and iron ore fell over 1%, and paraxylene fell nearly 1%.