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%.