At the morning session close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly lower. Synthetic rubber fell about 4%, container freight dropped on the Europe route nearly 3%, and rapeseed, PVC, glass, lithium carbonate, Shanghai tin and soda ash each decli

2026-09-15

At the morning session close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly lower. Synthetic rubber fell about 4%, container freight dropped on the Europe route nearly 3%, and rapeseed, PVC, glass, lithium carbonate, Shanghai tin and soda ash each declined more than 2%. Gainers included Shanghai crude (SC), up over 6%, fuel oil up nearly 2%, and ethylene glycol (EG) and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) up above 1%.