At the 23:00 close, China’s most-active futures contracts were mostly lower.
Fuel oil slid over 5%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell nearly 4%; LPG and p-xylene
dropped more than 3%; methanol and PTA declined nearly 3%; polypropylene and its
monthly-average contract were down over 2%. Gainers included soda ash and
soybean No.1, up nearly 1%.