At the open, China front-month futures traded mixed. Low-sulfur fuel oil (LU)
rose nearly 4%, fuel oil gained over 3%, LPG and propylene climbed more than 2%,
polypropylene and soybean No.1 were up about 2%, and synthetic rubber and coking
coal advanced over 1%. On the downside, Shanghai silver fell over 4%, Shanghai
gold dropped nearly 2%, while platinum, lithium carbonate, caustic soda,
Shanghai zinc, aluminum, foundry aluminum, offset paper and Shanghai nickel each
declined more than 1%.
