At the close of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts declined, with lithium carbonate and silver falling over 4%, live hogs down over 3%, palladium down nearly 3%, and coking coal, red dates, glass, and gold down over 2%. On the upside, container shipping to Europe rose over 5%, methanol rose over 4%, fuel oil rose over 3%, soybean meal rose nearly 2%, and propylene, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), polysilicon, and asphalt rose over 1%.
