At midday close China's main futures front-month contracts were mixed. Palladium
rose over 8%, platinum over 7%, Shanghai silver nearly 6%, Shanghai nickel over
5%, Shanghai gold over 4%, red dates almost 4%, and coke and lithium carbonate
rose more than 3%. On the downside, LPG, PET chip, propylene, benzene,
polyethylene, polypropylene, mono‑ethylene glycol (MEG) and styrene hit the
daily down limit; fuel oil and low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell over 10%, asphalt
nearly 9%, INE crude (SC) and methanol over 7%, and p‑xylene over 6%.