At the midday close, China's most-active futures contracts were mostly higher: Europe-route container freight surged over 11%; lithium carbonate, Shanghai silver and platinum rose more than 4%; pulp gained over 3% and methanol nearly 3%. On the downs

2026-08-21

At the midday close, China's most-active futures contracts were mostly higher: Europe-route container freight surged over 11%; lithium carbonate, Shanghai silver and platinum rose more than 4%; pulp gained over 3% and methanol nearly 3%. On the downside, rapeseed fell more than 2%, while rapeseed meal, rapeseed oil, apples, Soybean No.1, red dates and stainless steel declined over 1%.