At mid-day close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly lower: SHFE silver
down over 5%, apples down about 5%; polysilicon and methanol down over 4%;
benzene, lithium carbonate and eggs down about 4%; SC crude, platinum, bitumen,
SHFE tin, styrene (EB), coking coal and palm oil down over 3%. Winners:
container freight on the Europe route up over 2% and peanuts up over 1%.
