At the mid-session close, China's commodity futures main contracts were mixed.
Methanol fell more than 6%. Soda ash and 20# rubber dropped over 3%. Red dates,
synthetic rubber, natural rubber, ethylene glycol (EG) and aluminum each declined
over 2%. On the upside, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) rose nearly 6%, benzene gained
more than 4%, fuel oil climbed over 3%, and SC crude oil and styrene (EB)
advanced about 2%.