At the morning open, China's front-month futures were mostly lower. Shanghai
silver fell over 4%, Shanghai tin nearly 4%, lithium carbonate down more than
3%, p-xylene nearly 3%; platinum and PTA slipped over 2%; coking coal and
polysilicon declined over 1%. On the upside, caustic soda rose nearly 3%; pulp,
plastics, glass, polypropylene, urea and LPG gained over 1%, while ethylene
glycol was up about 1%.
