At the morning session close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed.
Shanghai crude oil futures (SC) jumped over 9%. Container freight on the Europe
route, ethylene glycol (EG) and methanol rose more than 5%; fuel oil gained over
4%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) climbed above 3%;
benzene was up about 3%. On the downside, palladium fell nearly 6%; Shanghai
silver and platinum dropped over 4%; lithium carbonate and Shanghai gold slipped
more than 3%; 20# rubber, Shanghai tin and cotton fell over 2%.
