At the close of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts rose, with methanol and asphalt rising over 5%, propylene rising nearly 4%, polypropylene, polypropylene monthly average, fuel oil, and synthetic rubber rising over 3%, and styrene (EB) rising nearly 3%. On the downside, caustic soda fell over 3%, soybean meal and apples fell over 2%, live pigs and nickel fell nearly 2%, and red dates, coking coal, and coke fell over 1%.
