At the close of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts rose, with ferrosilicon hitting its daily limit up. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and palladium rose over 4%, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) rose nearly 3%, soda ash and silver rose over 2%, and caustic soda and coking coal rose nearly 2%. On the downside, lithium carbonate fell over 2%, and PTA, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), and paraxylene fell over 1%.