By the morning close China's main futures were mixed: Shanghai silver up nearly
5%, platinum up over 4%, Shanghai gold and palladium up just over 2%; rapeseed
oil up nearly 2%, Shanghai tin, palm oil and 20# rubber up more than 1%. On the
downside, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and iron ore fell over 2%; p-xylene,
synthetic rubber, PTA and plastics were down roughly 2% on a monthly-average
basis.
