As of the 23:00 market close, most domestic futures contracts rose, with ethylene glycol (EG) up over 4%, PET chips, staple fiber, and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) up over 3%, paraxylene up nearly 3%, and asphalt, methanol, and styrene (EB) up over 2%. O

2026-09-15

As of the 23:00 market close, most domestic futures contracts rose, with ethylene glycol (EG) up over 4%, PET chips, staple fiber, and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) up over 3%, paraxylene up nearly 3%, and asphalt, methanol, and styrene (EB) up over 2%. On the downside, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) fell over 2%, glass, coking coal, coke, and cotton yarn fell over 1%, and synthetic rubber and soda ash fell nearly 1%.