At the close of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts rose, with SC crude oil and lithium carbonate rising nearly 4%, apples rising over 3%, coking coal rising nearly 3%, coke and asphalt rising over 2%, and live hogs and paraxylene rising nearly 2%. On the downside, rapeseed fell over 4%, ethylene glycol (EG) fell over 1%, and soybean futures fell nearly 1%.