At midday close, most-active domestic futures were mixed. SC crude oil jumped over 7%; LPG and coking coal rose more than 6%. Methanol, propylene, PVC, ethylene glycol and bottle-grade PET hit daily limit, up roughly 6%. On the downside, Shanghai gol

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At midday close, most-active domestic futures were mixed. SC crude oil jumped over 7%; LPG and coking coal rose more than 6%. Methanol, propylene, PVC, ethylene glycol and bottle-grade PET hit daily limit, up roughly 6%. On the downside, Shanghai gold and silver fell over 3%, platinum dropped more than 2%, polysilicon fell over 1%, while cotton yarn, Shanghai nickel and rapeseed meal slipped around 1%.

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