At the opening of the morning session, domestic futures contracts showed mixed performance. Ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 4%, bottled PET rose over 3%, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and paraxylene rose nearly 3%, and asphalt, methanol, SC crude oil, and

2026-09-16

At the opening of the morning session, domestic futures contracts showed mixed performance. Ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 4%, bottled PET rose over 3%, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and paraxylene rose nearly 3%, and asphalt, methanol, SC crude oil, and pure benzene rose over 2%. On the downside, nickel futures and European shipping futures fell over 2%, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) fell nearly 2%, and stainless steel (SS), glass, coking coal, red dates, and coke fell over 1%.