Early trade: China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher. Platinum and ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 4%; Shanghai silver and palladium near 4%; fuel oil up ~3%; Shanghai gold and rapeseed oil >2%; Shanghai nickel ~2%. Decliners: eggs down ~2%;

2026-08-20

Early trade: China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher. Platinum and ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 4%; Shanghai silver and palladium near 4%; fuel oil up ~3%; Shanghai gold and rapeseed oil >2%; Shanghai nickel ~2%. Decliners: eggs down ~2%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and PTA off >1%; paraxylene and iron ore down ~1%.