At the opening of the morning session, most domestic futures contracts declined, with propylene falling over 5%. Plastics, tin, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), polypropylene, and polypropylene monthly contracts all fell by over 3%, while plastics monthly contracts and benzene fell by over 2%, and bottled chips fell by nearly 2%. On the upside, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) rose nearly 4%, apples rose nearly 3%, coking coal, nickel, and rapeseed meal rose over 2%, and container shipping to Europe, coking coal, and red dates rose over 1%.
