At the opening of the night session, most domestic futures contracts rose, with benzene up nearly 3%, asphalt, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and fuel oil all up over 2%. SC crude oil, styrene (EB), pulp, paraxylene, PTA, me

2026-08-20

At the opening of the night session, most domestic futures contracts rose, with benzene up nearly 3%, asphalt, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and fuel oil all up over 2%. SC crude oil, styrene (EB), pulp, paraxylene, PTA, methanol, and bottled chips all rose over 1%. On the downside, nickel fell over 1%, and stainless steel (SS) fell nearly 1%.