At midday closing, domestic futures contracts showed mixed results. Synthetic rubber rose over 4%, TSR20 rose nearly 3%, and eggs, SC crude oil, asphalt, and rubber all rose over 2%, while low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) rose nearly 2%. On the downside, manganese silicon and ferrosilicon fell over 4%, lithium carbonate fell over 3%, coking coal, coke, gold, and silver fell over 2%, and polysilicon fell nearly 2%.
