By the 23:00 close, China’s most-active futures contracts were mostly higher: fuel oil jumped over 6%, methanol and styrene (EB) hit the daily up limit, propylene and benzene rose nearly 6%. Polypropylene and p-xylene posted month-to-date average gai

2026-10-23

By the 23:00 close, China’s most-active futures contracts were mostly higher: fuel oil jumped over 6%, methanol and styrene (EB) hit the daily up limit, propylene and benzene rose nearly 6%. Polypropylene and p-xylene posted month-to-date average gains above 5%. On the downside, caustic soda fell about 1%.