At the midday close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed. Asphalt jumped
nearly 7%, methanol hits the daily upper limit, and fuel oil, polypropylene and
propylene rose more than 5%; the monthly-average polypropylene contract is up
nearly 5%. LPG gained about 4% and plastics rose over 3%. On the downside,
caustic soda plunged over 5%; apples and red dates fell more than 3%; live hogs
dropped nearly 3%. Soybean No.1 and SHFE nickel slipped over 2%, polysilicon
fell nearly 2% and SHFE silver declined just over 1%.
