At the open, China's commodity futures main contracts were mixed. Ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 4%, bottle‑grade PET chips gained about 3%, and low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) and paraxylene rose nearly 3%. Asphalt, methanol, Shanghai crude (SC) and benzen

2026-09-16

At the open, China's commodity futures main contracts were mixed. Ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 4%, bottle‑grade PET chips gained about 3%, and low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) and paraxylene rose nearly 3%. Asphalt, methanol, Shanghai crude (SC) and benzene advanced more than 2%. On the downside, Shanghai nickel and the container‑freight Europe route fell over 2%, PVC declined about 2%, and stainless steel (SS), glass, coking coal, red dates and coke each dropped more than 1%.