At the midday close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed. Caustic soda
fell over 5%, apples dropped more than 4%, and lithium carbonate and palladium
were down over 3%; Shanghai silver and aluminum slipped about 3%. On the upside,
styrene (EB) gained over 3%, while methanol, fuel oil, low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU)
and benzene rose more than 2%; SC crude oil advanced nearly 2%.
