At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts rose, with ethylene glycol (EG) up over 6%, methanol up over 5%, and PET chips, asphalt, paraxylene, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) up over 4%. Staple fiber and polysilicon rose over 3%. On the downsid

2026-09-01

At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts rose, with ethylene glycol (EG) up over 6%, methanol up over 5%, and PET chips, asphalt, paraxylene, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) up over 4%. Staple fiber and polysilicon rose over 3%. On the downside, red dates and palladium fell over 3%, live pigs, silver, and apples fell over 2%, gold fell nearly 2%, and lithium carbonate fell over 1%.