At the midday close, China's front-month commodity futures were mixed. Fuel oil jumped more than 18%, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and asphalt rose over 9%; methanol, p-xylene, LPG, benzene and styrene hit daily upper trading limits. On the downside, pal

2026-10-08

At the midday close, China's front-month commodity futures were mixed. Fuel oil jumped more than 18%, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and asphalt rose over 9%; methanol, p-xylene, LPG, benzene and styrene hit daily upper trading limits. On the downside, palladium fell more than 6% and red dates dropped over 4%; SHFE silver, glass, iron ore and SHFE tin declined over 3%, while platinum was down nearly 3%.