China’s major futures contracts were mixed at the open, with the container freight index (Europe route) rising more than 4%, soybean No.1 up over 2%, and international copper and palladium gaining more than 1%. On the downside, methanol fell more than 5%, while ethylene glycol, propylene, low-sulfur fuel oil and LPG dropped over 3%. Polypropylene, PX, SC crude and PET flakes declined nearly 3%.

2026-04-09

China’s major futures contracts were mixed at the open, with the container freight index (Europe route) rising more than 4%, soybean No.1 up over 2%, and international copper and palladium gaining more than 1%. On the downside, methanol fell more than 5%, while ethylene glycol, propylene, low-sulfur fuel oil and LPG dropped over 3%. Polypropylene, PX, SC crude and PET flakes declined nearly 3%.